Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Predrag Rodoljub Jovanovic

Toby Leonard Sharp

Erroll William Wood

Tadas Baltrusaitis

Jingjing Shen

Ivan Razumenic

Vladimir Carapic

Julien Pascal Christophe Valentin

Vladimir Levkov

Jelena Mojasevic Katanic

Teo Sarkić

The techniques described herein disclose a system that is configured to detect and track the three-dimensional pose of an object (e.g., a head-mounted display device) in a color image using an accessible three-dimensional model of the object. The system uses the three-dimensional pose of the object to repair pixel depth values associated with a region (e.g., a surface) of the object that is composed of material that absorbs light emitted by a time-of-flight depth sensor to determine depth. Consequently, a color-depth image (e.g., a Red-Green-Blue-Depth image or RGB-D image) can be produced that does not include dark holes on and around the region of the object that is composed of material that absorbs light emitted by the time-of-flight depth sensor.

Repairing image depth values for an object with a light absorbing surface

An electronic device includes a light source, a communication device, a processor in data communication with the light source and the communication device, and a hardware storage device in data communication with the processor. The hardware storage device has instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to receive a timing signal from a camera, where the timing signal includes an exposure timing of a camera exposure; provide an exposure light pulse from the light source simultaneously with the camera exposure; and after providing the exposure light pulse, provide a dummy light pulse that does not overlap with a camera exposure.

Systems and methods for camera exposure controlled strobing lights

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Belgrade, Republic of Serbia

Predrag Rodoljub Jovanovic