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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2005
Richard Turley, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Andrew C. Goris, Loveland, CO (US);
David Branson, Fort Collins, CO (US);
David R. Lawson, Greeley, CO (US);
Donald J. Stavely, Windsor, CO (US);
David K. Campbell, Loveland, CO (US);
Richard Turley, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Andrew C. Goris, Loveland, CO (US);
David Branson, Fort Collins, CO (US);
David R. Lawson, Greeley, CO (US);
Donald J. Stavely, Windsor, CO (US);
David K. Campbell, Loveland, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for implementing Z-buffer generation in a camera are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment the method may comprise exposing a plurality of pixels on an image capture device to a modulated light signal reflected from different regions of a scene adjacent a camera after different delays. The method may also comprise correlating intensity of the modulated light signal received by the image capture device for each the different delays to determine a flight time of the modulated light signal. The method may also comprise generating a Z-buffer corresponding to the different regions of the scene based on the correlation.