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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Vikram VijayanBabu Appia, Dallas, TX (US);
Pedro Gelabert, Allen, TX (US);
Aziz Umit Batur, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/31 (2006.01); G02B 7/32 (2006.01); G02B 7/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/317 (2013.01); G02B 7/32 (2013.01); G02B 7/36 (2013.01); H04N 9/3173 (2013.01); H04N 9/3194 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of automatically focusing a projector in a projection system is provided that includes projecting, by the projector, a binary pattern on a projection surface, capturing an image of the projected binary pattern by a camera synchronized with the projector, computing a depth map from the captured image, and adjusting focus of the projector based on the computed depth map.