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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:
Nov. 08, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 24, 2014
Applicant:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);

Inventor:

Lee Warren Atkinson, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/02 (2006.01); G01S 17/02 (2006.01); G01S 17/50 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01); H04N 5/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/0257 (2013.01); G01S 17/023 (2013.01); G01S 17/50 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); H04N 5/144 (2013.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01); H04N 5/332 (2013.01); H04N 13/0253 (2013.01); H04N 13/0271 (2013.01);
Abstract

A depth-sensing camera system includes a common sensor configured to record color and infrared data from a target, an infrared illuminant that projects infrared light on the target, and a control logic that switches a mode of operation of the camera between a color mode and an infrared mode. When the camera system is in the infrared mode, the infrared illuminant operates to project the infrared light on the target and when in the color mode, the infrared illuminant is disabled. The camera system also includes a color buffer for storing color chroma and luma values and a depth buffer for storing infrared luma data.


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