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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2024
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventor:
John Peter Godbaz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/30 (2018.01); G01S 17/48 (2006.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01); H04N 13/25 (2018.01); H04N 13/254 (2018.01); H04N 13/296 (2018.01); H04N 13/00 (2018.01); H04N 13/10 (2018.01); H04N 13/15 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/254 (2018.05); G01S 17/48 (2013.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01); H04N 13/296 (2018.05); H04N 2013/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating a depth imaging system is presented. The method comprises illuminating an environment using an optical source configured to output modulated structured light comprising a pattern of dots. Reflected illumination is received at an optical sensor comprising a 2D pixel grid. Received reflected illumination from the 2D pixel grid is downsampled to a plurality of 1D dot trail vectors. For each dot trail vector, a depth is indicated based on a time-of-flight depth measurement and a triangulation factor.