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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2014
Sick Ag, Waldkirch, DE;
Volker Zierke, Waldkirch, DE;
Matthias Heinz, Waldkirch, DE;
SICK AG, Waldkirch, DE;
Abstract
A 3D camera () in accordance with the stereoscopic principle for detecting depth maps () of a monitored zone) is set forth which has at least two camera modules (-) each having an image sensor (-) in mutually offset perspectives for taking two-dimensional starting images () as well as a stereoscopic unit () which is configured for the application of a stereoscopic algorithm for generating a depth map () in that mutually associated part regions are recognized in two two-dimensional images taken within a disparity zone from offset perspectives and their distance is calculated with reference to the disparity. In this respect, a pixel binning unit () is provided to generate a two-dimensional intermediate image () of lower resolution by binning a respective plurality of pixels from a two-dimensional image () and a fusion unit () is provided which fuses at least two depth maps () to form a common depth map (), with at least one of the depth maps () being generated from intermediate images ().