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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:
Dec. 29, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 29, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Nitay Romano, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Ricardo Garcia, San Mateo, CA (US);

Nadav Grossinger, Foster City, CA (US);

Robert Hasbun, San Jose, CA (US);

Niv Kantor, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G01B 11/25 (2006.01); H04N 9/31 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); H04N 13/344 (2018.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); G01B 11/25 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G06K 9/00671 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); H04N 9/31 (2013.01); H04N 13/344 (2018.05);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a computing system may access a first image and a second image of at least a common portion of an environment while a light emission with a predetermined emission pattern is projected by a projector. The first and second images are respectively captured by a first and a second detector that are respectively separated from the projector by a first and a second distance. The system may determine that a first portion of the first image corresponds to a second portion of the second image. The system may compute, using triangulation, a first depth value associated with the first portion and a second depth value associated with the second portion. The system may determine that the first and second depth values match in accordance with one or more predetermined criteria, and generate a depth map of the environment based on at least one of the depth values.


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