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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.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2020
Applicant:
Ambarella International Lp, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ambarella International LP, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/207 (2018.01); H04N 9/07 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 13/254 (2018.01); H04N 13/257 (2018.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/207 (2018.05); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01); H04N 9/07 (2013.01); H04N 13/254 (2018.05); H04N 13/257 (2018.05);
Abstract
An apparatus includes an RGB-IR image sensor, a structured light projector, and a control circuit. The control circuit may be configured to control a shutter exposure time of the RGB-IR image sensor and a turn on time of the structured light projector to obtain a sequence of images captured by the RGB-IR image sensor, wherein the sequence of images comprises at least one image including a structured light pattern and at least one image where the structured light pattern is absent.