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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
May. 09, 2018
Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Frank Joris Maria Jan Dellaert, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Saara Khan, Mountain View, CA (US);
James Krogdahl, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Facebook Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A depth mapping device comprises a plurality of imaging components arranged among one or more rings. A depth mapping device may be designed by identifying a plurality of configurations satisfying a set of input parameters that includes a number of imaging components, each configuration indicating a different arrangement of imaging components among one or more rings. Coverages for different configuration parameter sets for the configuration are analyzed to determine a configuration parameter set associated with the configuration having a highest coverage, where the coverage is indicative of an amount of a local area viewable by a depth mapping device using the configuration and associated configuration parameter set. A target configuration having a highest coverage is selected and used to generate a depth mapping device design to be manufactured.