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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2019
Applicant:
Cambridge Mechatronics Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
David Richards, Cambridge, GB;
Joshua Carr, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED, Cambridge, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/497 (2006.01); G01S 17/42 (2006.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4815 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 7/497 (2013.01); G01S 17/42 (2013.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01);
Abstract
Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present techniques provide apparatus and methods for generating a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a scene (also known as 3D sensing) using a time-of-flight imaging system. In particular, the present techniques provide an apparatus comprising a time-of-flight imaging camera system that emits illumination having a spatially-nonuniform intensity over a field of view of the sensor that is moved across at least part of the field of view of a sensor using an actuation mechanism.