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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2018
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
The Governing Council of the University of Toronto, Toronto, CA;
Srinivasa Narasimhan, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Supreeth Achar, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Kiriakos Kutulakos, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Joseph Bartels, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
William Whittaker, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, Tornonto, CA;
Abstract
Energy-efficient epipolar imaging is applied to the ToF domain to significantly expand the versatility of ToF sensors. The described system exhibits 15+ m range outdoors in bright sunlight; robustness to global transport effects such as specular and diffuse inter-reflections; interference-free 3D imaging in the presence of many ToF sensors, even when they are all operating at the same optical wavelength and modulation frequency; and blur- and distortion-free 3D video in the presence of severe camera shake. The described embodiments are broadly applicable in consumer and robotics domains.