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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mahesh Ramachandran, San Jose, CA (US);
Bojan Vrcelj, San Diego, CA (US);
Raghuraman Krishnamoorthi, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23206 (2013.01); G06T 7/0051 (2013.01); H04N 5/23219 (2013.01); H04N 5/23241 (2013.01); H04N 13/0253 (2013.01); H04N 13/0271 (2013.01); G06K 9/2054 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, apparatus and methods for triggering a depth sensor and/or limiting bandwidth and/or maintaining privacy are presented. By limiting use of a depth sensor to times when an optical image alone is insufficient, mobile device power is saved. Furthermore, by reducing a size of an optical image to only the portion of the image needed to detect an object, bandwidth is saved and privacy is maintained by not communicating unneeded or undesired information.