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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2017
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
The Trustees of Columbia University IN the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
Mohit Gupta, Madison, WI (US);
Eric Breitbach, Madison, WI (US);
Andreas Velten, Madison, WI (US);
Shree K. Nayar, New York, NY (US);
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
In accordance with some embodiments, systems, methods and media for encoding and decoding signals used in time-of-flight imaging are provided. In some embodiments, a method for estimating the depth of a scene is provided, comprising: causing a light source to emit modulated light toward the scene based on a modulation function; causing the image sensor to generate a first value based on the modulated light and a first demodulation function of K modulation functions, including at least one trapezoid wave; causing the image sensor to generate a second value; causing the image sensor to generate a third value; and determining a depth estimate for the portion of the scene based on the first value, the second value, and the third value.