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Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 18, 2017
Applicant:

Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Ruben Rajagopalan, Neuss, DE;

Harry Broers, 'S-Hertogenbosch, NL;

Assignee:

SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/00 (2006.01); G01J 5/10 (2006.01); H05B 47/105 (2020.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01); G01J 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 47/105 (2020.01); G01B 11/00 (2013.01); G01J 5/10 (2013.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01); G01J 2005/0077 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method () for characterizing a lighting environment using thermal imaging includes the steps of: providing () a lighting unit () comprising a light source (), a thermal imager (), and a controller (); obtaining (), using the thermal imager, one or more thermal images of one or more surfaces () within the lighting environment; extracting (), by the controller using the one or more thermal images, a thermal shadow () on one or more surfaces within the lighting environment; determining (), from the thermal shadow, a depth queue for an object () associated with the thermal shadow; and characterizing (), by the controller using the determined depth queue, the object.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Rajagopalan, Ruben. (2020). Depth queue by thermal sensing (U.S. Patent No. 10743389). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10743389

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