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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:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
May. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Ams International Ag, Rapperswil, CH;
Inventors:
Miguel Bruno Vaello Paños, Eindhoven, NL;
David Stoppa, Eindhoven, NL;
Markus Rossi, Eindhoven, NL;
Kang Seok Joo, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
ams International AG, Rapperswil, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/89 (2020.01); H04N 13/271 (2018.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.05); H04N 13/271 (2018.05);
Abstract
The current disclosure describes a stereo imaging system that is configured to use Time-of-Flight ('Tof') techniques to aid in stereoscopic image processing. One process disclosed uses ToF to aid in identifying the same elements (e.g., pixel clusters) in stereo image pairs by narrowing down search areas for matching. Another process uses ToF to aid in identifying the same elements in stereo image pairs where there a small amount texture making it difficult to find a match.