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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2016
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Peter Shintani, San Diego, CA (US);
Jose Omar Gonzalez Hernandez, Chula Vista, CA (US);
William Clay, San Diego, CA (US);
Pablo Antonio Espinosa, San Diego, CA (US);
Fred Ansfield, San Diego, CA (US);
Bibhudendu Mohapatra, San Diego, CA (US);
Keith Resch, San Diego, CA (US);
Morio Usami, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Each of plural devices includes a laser emitter and a camera for detecting reflections of laser light emitted by the device, so that plural of the devices can generate their own depth maps showing images within the field of view of their cameras. The resulting 3D depth maps from multiple cameras at potentially arbitrary locations can be aggregated to create a more accurate 3D depth map of the area covered by all the individual cameras. Each device/camera may be assigned a unique identification such as a unique number and a mechanism to identify, either electronically or visually, devices in its field of view. Using this information, the relative locations of the cameras can be calculated for purposes of aggregating the multiple depth maps.