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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Chung Chun Wan, Fremont, CA (US);
Jamyuen Ko, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/02 (2006.01); G01S 17/06 (2006.01); G03B 15/05 (2006.01); G03B 17/17 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/026 (2013.01); G01S 7/4815 (2013.01); G01S 17/06 (2013.01); G03B 15/05 (2013.01); G03B 17/17 (2013.01); G03B 2215/0528 (2013.01); G03B 2215/0592 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a camera comprising a beam splitter to impose different optical paths for visible light and infra red light received by the camera. The camera also includes an infra red light detector to detect the infra red light and a visible light detector to detect the visible light, wherein, the different optical paths include an optical path having more than one internal reflection within the beam splitter.