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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2012
Applicants:
Yong-hwa Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Jang-woo You, Yongin-si, KR;
Hee-sun Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONIC CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/222 (2006.01); G01S 17/36 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/493 (2006.01); G01S 7/491 (2006.01); H04N 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0022 (2013.01); G01S 7/4816 (2013.01); G01S 7/493 (2013.01); G01S 7/4912 (2013.01); G01S 7/4915 (2013.01); G01S 7/4918 (2013.01); G01S 17/36 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G06K 9/00201 (2013.01); G06T 7/0051 (2013.01); H04N 5/2226 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); H04N 2013/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A 3-dimensional (3D) image acquisition apparatus and a method of calculating depth information in the 3D image acquisition apparatus, the 3D image acquisition apparatus including: an optical modulator for modulating light reflected from a subject by sequentially projected N (N is 3 or a larger natural number) light beams; an image sensor for generating N sub-images by capturing the light modulated by the optical modulator; and a signal processor for calculating depth information regarding a distance to the subject by using the N sub-images.