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patent · US8761495

Distance-varying illumination and imaging techniques for depth mapping

24 June 2014

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Abstract

A method for mapping includes projecting a pattern onto an object ( 28 ) via an astigmatic optical element ( 38 ) having different, respective focal lengths in different meridional planes ( 54, 56 ) of the element. An image of the pattern on the object is captured and processed so as to derive a three-dimensional (3D) map of the object responsively to the different focal lengths.

Provenance

Collection
Cited prior art
Filed
2013-06-19
Source
Google Patents bibliographic record
Granted
2014-06-24
Inventors
Barak Freedman; Alexander Shpunt; Yoel Arieli; PrimeSense Ltd