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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2007
Giora Yahav, Haifa, IL;
David Mandelboum, Rakefet, IL;
Gil Zigelman, Nahariya, IL;
Microsoft International Holdings B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
There is provided a novel method, device and system for imaging. According to some embodiments of the present invention, a visible light image sensor array (e.g. Charge-Couple Device ('CCD') or Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor ('CMOS')) and a ranging sensor array may be arranged substantially facing the same direction and having a substantially overlapping field of view. According to further embodiments of the present invention, a range value derived from one or more ranging sensor elements within the ranging sensor array may be correlated with one or more imaging elements within the visible sensor array. Image processing logic may correlate the derived ranging value with the one or more imaging elements as a function of the derived range.