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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jamyuen Ko, San Jose, CA (US);
Chung Chun Wan, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/89 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 13/254 (2018.01); H04N 13/286 (2018.01); H04N 13/296 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/254 (2018.05); G01S 7/4815 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); H04N 13/286 (2018.05); H04N 13/296 (2018.05); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); H04N 2213/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus is described that includes a camera system having a time-of-flight illuminator. The time of flight illuminator has a light source and one or more tiltable mirror elements. The one or more tiltable mirror elements are to direct the illuminator's light to only a region within the illuminator's field of view.