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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Microsoft International Holdings B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/02 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/02 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); H04N 5/2354 (2013.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01); H04N 13/0207 (2013.01);
Abstract
A camera for determining distances to a scene, the camera comprising: a light source comprising a VCSEL controllable to illuminate the scene with a train of pulses of light having a characteristic spectrum; a photosurface; optics for imaging light reflected from the light pulses by the scene on the photosurface; and a shutter operable to gate the photosurface selectively on and off for light in the spectrum.