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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2018
Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Niv Kantor, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ricardo Garcia, San Mateo, CA (US);
Nadav Grossinger, Foster City, CA (US);
Nitay Romano, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Facebook Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a system includes at least one projector configured to project a plurality of projected patterns onto a scene, the projected patterns including a first projected pattern that includes a plurality of first projected features, a camera configured to capture a plurality of images including a first detected pattern corresponding to a reflection of the first projected pattern, and one or more processors configured to: compute a depth map of the scene based on the first projected pattern, the first detected pattern, and relative positions of the camera and the at least one projector, project, using the projector, a second projected pattern comprising a plurality of second projected features onto a portion of the scene, where the second projected pattern is more sparse than the first projected pattern, and capture, using the camera, a second detected pattern corresponding to a reflection of the second projected pattern.