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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 14, 2017
Applicant:

Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Manoj Bikumandla, Union City, CA (US);

Andrew Matthew Bardagjy, Fremont, CA (US);

Cina Hazegh, Walnut Creek, CA (US);

Fei Liu, San Jose, CA (US);

Bradley James Tallon, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Facebook Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G01B 11/02 (2006.01); G09G 3/34 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); G06T 7/521 (2017.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/024 (2013.01); G06T 5/007 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 7/521 (2017.01); G09G 3/3433 (2013.01); H04N 5/2355 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for a movable structured light projector may include (1) a light projector assembly that receives a light control signal and projects structured light into a local area based on the light control signal, (2) an imaging device that receives a capture control signal and captures a reflection of the structured light from the local area based on the capture control signal, and (3) an actuator, coupled to the light projector assembly, that receives an actuator control signal and moves the light projector assembly relative to the imaging device based on the actuator control signal. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.


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