Intel Corporation

Thinkoptics, Inc.

Templex Technology, Inc.

Sony Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Innurvation Inc.

Anders Grunnet-Jepsen

John N Sweetser

Alan E Johnson

Paul Winer

Michael J Munroe

Thomas W Mossberg

Akihiro Takagi

Leonid Keselman

Kenneth Edward Salsman

Eric S Maniloff

Krishna Swaminathan

Pierre St Hilaire

Alexey Supikov

John Iselin Woodfill

Qiong Huang

Matthew Miller

Chandrika Jayant

Dmitri E Nikonov

Eliezer Tamir

William Robert Bandy

Michael R Arneson

Ut Tran

Kevin James Powell

Robert Charles Schober

Ronald T Azuma

Ofir Mulla

Steven S Bateman

Tsung-Ein Tsai

Ruolin Li

Thomas Gerard Willis

Atul A Tambe

Bidhan P Chaudhuri

Jonathan Thompson

John Weitzner

Sundeep Raniwala

Chris Rojas

Brian Glenn Jamieson

Methods and apparatus to calibrate spatial light modulators are disclosed. Examples include processor circuitry to execute and/or instantiate instructions to provide a greyscale image to a spatial light modulator (SLM) to define voltages to be applied to individual pixels of the SLM. The voltages associated with pixel values in the greyscale image. The pixel values arranged in a double-slit grating pattern. The SLM to produce an interference pattern based on the double-slit grating pattern. The processor circuitry is to determine a phase difference between first and second gratings of the double-slit grating pattern based on the interference pattern. The processor circuitry is to generate a phase curvature based on the phase difference.

Methods and apparatus to calibrate spatial light modulators

A compact, low cost vcsel projector for high performance stereodepth camera is disclosed. An example apparatus includes an array of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs); an array of micro-lenses coupled to the array of VCSELs, centerlines of ones of the micro-lenses offset relative to centerlines of respective ones of the VCSELs; and a projection lens coupled to the array of micro-lenses.

Compact, low cost VCSEL projector for high performance stereodepth camera

Techniques related to generating holographic images are discussed. Such techniques include application of a hybrid system including a pre-trained deep neural network and a subsequent iterative process using a suitable propagation model to generate diffraction pattern image data for a target holographic image such that the diffraction pattern image data is to generate a holographic image when implemented via a holographic display.

Deep computational holography

Systems, devices, and techniques related to projecting dynamic feature patterns onto a scene for use in stereoscopic imaging are discussed. Such techniques may include implementing a dynamic transmissive element in an optical path between a projector and the scene to modify a static pattern emitted from the projector to illuminate the scene with a dynamic pattern.

Projector for active stereo depth sensors

Techniques related to generating holographic images are discussed. Such techniques include application of a hybrid system including a pre-trained deep neural network and a subsequent iterative process using a sui table propagation model to generate diffraction pattern image data for a target holographic image such that the diffraction pattern image data is to generate a holographic image when implemented via a holographic display.

Systems, devices, and techniques related to removing infrared texture patterns used for depth sensors are discussed. Such techniques may include applying a color correction transform to raw input image data including a residual infrared texture pattern to generate output image data such that the output image data has a reduced IR texture pattern residual with respect to the raw input image data.

Reducing textured IR patterns in stereoscopic depth sensor imaging

A VCSEL projector and method for using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) array comprising a plurality of VCSELs; a micro-lens array coupled to the VCSEL array and having a plurality of lenses, and each of the plurality of lenses is positioned over a VCSEL in the VCSEL array; and a projection lens coupled to the micro-lens array (MLA), where light emitted by the VCSEL array is projected as a sequence of patterns onto an object by the projection lens.

A light pattern projector with a pattern mask to spatially modulate an intensity of a wideband illumination source, such as an LED, and a projector lens to reimage the spatially modulated emission onto regions of a scene that is to be captured with an image sensor. The projector lens may comprise a microlens array (MLA) including a first lenslet to reimage the spatially modulated emission onto a first portion of a scene, and a second lenslet to reimage the spatially modulated emission onto a first portion of a scene. The MLA may have a fly's eye architecture with convex curvature over a diameter of the projector lens in addition to the lenslet curvature. The pattern mask may be an amplitude mask comprising a mask pattern of high and low amplitude transmittance regions. In the alternative, the pattern mask may be a phase mask, such as a refractive or diffractive mask.

LED pattern projector for 3D camera platforms

Systems and methods may include a drone or multiple drones to capturing depth information, which may be used to create a stereoscopic map. The drone may capture information about two trailing drones, including a baseline distance between the two trailing drones. Additional information may be captured, such as camera angle information for one or both of the two trailing drones. The drone may receive images from the two trailing drones. The images may be used (on the drone or on another device, such as a base station) to create a stereoscopic image using the baseline distance. The stereoscopic image may include determined depth information for objects within the stereoscopic image, for example based on the baseline distance between the two trailing drones and the camera angle information.

Dynamic baseline depth imaging using multiple drones

A method and apparatus for enhancing the signal to noise ratio performance of a depth camera system are described. In one embodiment, the method includes exposing a portion of a pixel array of a rolling camera sensor, and activating a portion of a rolling projector to generate a portion of a projection pattern during the exposure of the portion of the pixel array. The method may also include capturing image data for the generated portion of the projection pattern with the exposed portion of the pixel array of the rolling camera sensor. Furthermore, the method may include performing depth reconstruction based, at least in part, on the captured image data.

System and method for enhanced signal to noise ratio performance of a depth camera system

In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there are provided systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing a stereodepth camera using a VCSEL projector with a controlled projection lens. For instance, a depth camera is described having therein a Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser projector (VCSEL projector) to emit a plurality of infrared beams; a moveable lens to control the focus of the plurality of infrared beams emitted from the VCSEL projector, in which the plurality of infrared beams are projected through the moveable lens to form a projected pattern projected onto a scene; stereoscopic image capture devices to capture stereoscopic imagery from the scene having the projected pattern projected thereupon; and processing circuitry to determine depth to an object in the scene based on the captured stereoscopic imagery from the scene having the projected pattern represented therein as projected from the VCSEL projector. Other related embodiments are disclosed.

Stereodepth camera using VCSEL projector with controlled projection lens

In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there are provided systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing a stereo depth camera using a VCSEL projector with spatially and temporally interleaved patterns. For instance, a depth camera is described having therein a Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser projector (VCSEL projector); in which the VCSEL projector embodies a VCSEL array, the VCSEL being comprised of a plurality of VCSEL elements divided into a plurality of individually addressable subsets of the plurality of VCSEL elements; processing circuitry to activate one or more of the individually addressable subsets of the plurality of VCSEL elements to cause the VCSEL projector to emit a plurality of infrared beams through a projection lens to form a projected pattern which is projected onto a scene; stereoscopic image capture devices to capture stereoscopic imagery from the scene having the projected pattern projected thereupon; and processing circuitry to determine depth to an object in the scene based on the captured stereoscopic imagery from the scene having the projected pattern represented therein as projected from the VCSEL projector. Other related embodiments are disclosed.

Stereo depth camera using VCSEL with spatially and temporally interleaved patterns

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Anders Grunnet-Jepsen