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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Morteza Gharib, San Marino, CA (US);
Dana Dabiri, Altadena, CA (US);
Darius Modares, Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Assignee:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 3/500 ; G01B 1/124 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 3/500 ; G01B 1/124 ;
Abstract
A three-dimensional imaging system uses apertures through which images are projected. The image through each aperture is obtained by a different camera element. The camera elements can be totally physically separate, multiple receiving parts of a single camera, or a single camera which is effectively spatially modulated so that the single camera receives different images at different times. The outputs from the camera are used to form three-dimensional information about the object.