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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2001
Applicants:
Mark S. Knighton, Santa Monica, CA (US);
David S. Agabra, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
William D. Mckinley, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark S. Knighton, Santa Monica, CA (US);
David S. Agabra, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
William D. McKinley, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
Assignee:
NextEngine, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B011/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for obtaining up to one depth measurement for each pixel. A image sensing array (ISA) captures a measurement of intensity on a surface. The intensity maps to depth. Accordingly, from a single pixel, or a group of pixels without regard to the intensity distribution among the pixels in the group, a depth measurement can be obtained independently of any and/or all data captured by other pixels in the array.