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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2017
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Jeffrey Matthew Kempf, Dallas, TX (US);
Vikrant R. Bhakta, Dallas, TX (US);
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Described examples include an imager includes a light source; a spatial light modulator to receive light from the light source and to provide patterned light to illuminate an object; a sensor to receive a first and an offset reflected light from reflection of the patterned light off an object; and a processor to receive sensed images of the first reflected light and the offset reflected light and apply a deconvolution to a combined image including a combination of the sensed images of the first reflected light and the offset reflected light to generate the combined image having pixel density greater than the sensed images of the first reflected light and the offset reflected light, wherein the processor is configured to determine a position of at least one point on the object by triangulation between the spatial light modulator and the sensor using the patterned light and the combined image.