patent · US9525863
Time-of-flight depth mapping with flexible scan pattern
20 December 2016
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Abstract
Imaging apparatus includes an image sensor, which acquires an image of a scene, and a scanner, which includes an optical transmitter, which emits a sequence of optical pulses toward the scene, and an optical receiver, which receives the optical pulses reflected from the scene and generates an output indicative of respective times of flight of the pulses. Scanning optics are configured to scan the optical pulses over the scene in a scan pattern that covers and is contained wit...
Provenance
- Collection
- Cited prior art
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- Filed
- 2015-04-29
- Source
- Google Patents bibliographic record
- Granted
- 2016-12-20
- Inventors
- Jawad Nawasra; Scott T. Smith; Apple Inc