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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2010
Applicants:
Ruud Vlutters, Eindhoven, NL;
Frederik Jan DE Bruijn, Eindhoven, NL;
Dmitry Nikolaevich Znamenskiy, Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Ruud Vlutters, Eindhoven, NL;
Frederik Jan De Bruijn, Eindhoven, NL;
Dmitry Nikolaevich Znamenskiy, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/0217 (2013.01); H04N 13/0003 (2013.01); H04N 13/0207 (2013.01); H04N 13/0289 (2013.01);
Abstract
A camera and camera system is provided with an optical device (). The optical device creates simultaneously two or more images of object on a sensor () forming a compound image. The distance d between the constituting images of objects in the compound image is dependent on the distance Z to the camera. The compound image is analyzed (), e.g. deconvolved to determine the distances d between the double images. These distances are then converted into a depth map ().