The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2011
Applicants:

Louis L. Legrand, Iii, Seattle, WA (US);

Christopher Coley, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

William Spencer Worley, Iii, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);

Edward Dietz Crump, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Inventors:

Louis L. LeGrand, III, Seattle, WA (US);

Christopher Coley, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

William Spencer Worley, III, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);

Edward Dietz Crump, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Assignee:

Rawles LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/02 (2006.01); H04N 13/00 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/0022 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01);
Abstract

Devices and techniques are described for generating three-dimensional (3D) models of objects. Depth data acquired from a depth camera system is used with data about surface normals to generate a 3D model of the object. The depth camera system may use cameras or projectors with different baseline distances to generate depth data. The use of different baseline distances may improve accuracy of the depth data. The data about surface normals may be calculated from images acquired when the object is illuminated from different angles. By using the depth data and relative depth changes from the surface normal data, high resolution spatial data may be generated at high frame rates. Data from multiple baseline distances may also be combined to improve performance.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…