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Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 11, 2020
Applicants:

Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Culver City, CA (US);

Inventor:

Felix Sauermann, Lawndale, CA (US);

Assignees:

Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Culver City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/272 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); G02B 27/10 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/272 (2013.01); G02B 27/1006 (2013.01); G02B 27/1066 (2013.01); H04N 5/2621 (2013.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01);
Abstract

Video capture of a subject, including: capturing video data of the subject using a first camera; capturing infrared (IR) video data of the subject using a second camera linked to the first camera, in such a manner that the first and second camera share the same field of view, wherein the second camera is sensitive to IR light for capturing the IP video data of the subject; illuminating the subject with at least one IR light source; and processing the video data from the first camera and the IR video data from the second camera to identify an outline of the illuminated subject in the video data using the IR video data.


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