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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2018
Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Caner Onal, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Schleuning, Piedmont, CA (US);
Brendan Hermalyn, San Francisco, CA (US);
Simon Verghese, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alex Mccauley, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Brandyn White, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ury Zhilinsky, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods that provide information about a scene based on a time-of-flight (ToF) sensor and a structured light pattern. In an example embodiment, a sensor system could include at least one ToF sensor configured to receive light from a scene. The sensor system could also include at least one light source configured to emit a structured light pattern and a controller that carries out operations. The operations include causing the at least one light source to illuminate at least a portion of the scene with the structured light pattern and causing the at least one ToF sensor to provide information indicative of a depth map of the scene based on the structured light pattern.