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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. 28, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 12, 2020
Applicant:

Infineon Technologies Ag, Neubiberg, DE;

Inventors:

Caterina Nahler, Thondorf, AT;

Hannes Plank, Graz, AT;

Armin Schoenlieb, Seiersberg-Pirka, AT;

Assignee:

Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/94 (2006.01); G06T 7/55 (2017.01); G01N 21/17 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/94 (2013.01); G01N 21/1717 (2013.01); G01N 21/8851 (2013.01); G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); G06T 7/55 (2017.01); G01N 2021/1757 (2013.01); G01N 2021/1765 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8887 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01);
Abstract

Examples relate to a method, an apparatus and a computer program for detecting a presence of airborne particles. A reference measurement of an environment of a depth image sensor module is obtained. The reference measurement is based on a measurement of modulated light in a first time interval. The modulated light is reflected by features of the environment of the depth image sensor module. A subsequent measurement of modulated light is obtained in a second time interval. The presence of the airborne particles is detected based on the subsequent measurement of the modulated light, by using the reference measurement performed in the first time interval to disregard all or part of the features of the environment of the depth image sensor module. A signal indicative of one or more properties of the detected airborne particles is generated based on the detected presence of the airborne particles.


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