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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2012
Applicant:
Primesense Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Inventor:
Amiad Gurman, D.N Efrayim, IL;
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06T 15/30 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0057 (2013.01); G06T 15/30 (2013.01); G06T 7/0083 (2013.01); G06T 7/0093 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20144 (2013.01); G06K 9/00382 (2013.01); G06K 9/469 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for depth mapping includes receiving an image of a pattern of spots that has been projected onto a scene, which includes a feature having a set of elongate appendages, which have respective transverse dimensions that are less than twice an average distance between the spots in the pattern that is projected onto the feature. The image is processed in order to segment and find a three-dimensional (3D) location of the feature. The spots appearing on the feature in the 3D location are connected in order to extract separate, respective contours of the appendages.