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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2011
Applicants:
Prafulla Masalkar, Issaquah, WA (US);
Alan Leach, Sammamish, WA (US);
Inventors:
Prafulla Masalkar, Issaquah, WA (US);
Alan Leach, Sammamish, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G03B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of depth imaging includes acquiring a depth image from a depth camera, identifying an environmental factor invalidating depth information in one or more portions of the depth image, and outputting an environmental modification to mitigate the environmental factor.