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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.

Patent No.:

US 11259002 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 14, 2020

Time-of-flight camera and proximity detector

Applicant:

Analog Devices International Unlimited Company, Limerick, IE;

Inventors:

Nicolas Le Dortz, Cambridge, MA (US);

Jonathan Ephraim David Hurwitz, Edinburgh, GB;

Erik D. Barnes, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:

ANALOG DEVICES INTERNATIONAL UNLIMITED COMPANY, Limerick, IE;

Attorney:

Patent Capital Group

Primary Examiner:

Talha M Nawaz

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/128 (2018.01); G01S 17/10 (2020.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 13/254 (2018.01); G01S 7/4863 (2020.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01); G01S 17/32 (2020.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G01S 7/4915 (2020.01); H04N 13/00 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/128 (2018.05); G01S 7/4863 (2013.01); G01S 7/4915 (2013.01); G01S 17/10 (2013.01); G01S 17/32 (2013.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); H04N 5/23245 (2013.01); H04N 13/254 (2018.05); H04N 2013/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract

Time of Flight (ToF) image processing systems and methods for proximity detection are disclosed. In particular, use of a separate proximity detector can be eliminated by using the time of flight image processing system as disclosed herein. In particular, the time of flight image processing system has two modes: a low resolution proximity detection mode and a high resolution imaging mode.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Le Dortz, Nicolas. (2022). Time-of-flight camera and proximity detector (U.S. Patent No. 11259002). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11259002

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