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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2019
Applicants:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
The Governing Council of the University of Toronto, Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
Srinivasa Narasimhan, McDonald, PA (US);
Supreeth Achar, Seattle, WA (US);
Matthew O'Toole, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kiriakos Neoklis Kutulakos, Toronto, CA;
Assignees:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
The Governing Council of the University of Toronto, Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/25 (2006.01); G03B 21/20 (2006.01); H04N 13/271 (2018.01); H04N 9/31 (2006.01); H04N 5/30 (2006.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/521 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/2513 (2013.01); G01B 11/2518 (2013.01); G01B 11/2545 (2013.01); G03B 21/2033 (2013.01); H04N 5/30 (2013.01); H04N 9/3129 (2013.01); H04N 13/271 (2018.05); G06T 7/521 (2017.01); G06T 17/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An energy optimized imaging system that includes a light source that has the ability to illuminate specific pixels in a scene, and a sensor that has the ability to capture light with specific pixels of its sensor matrix, temporally synchronized such that the sensor captures light only when the light source is illuminating pixels in the scene.