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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
May. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jamyuen Ko, San Jose, CA (US);
Chung Chun Wan, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/33 (2006.01); G01S 17/02 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/33 (2013.01); G01S 7/4813 (2013.01); G01S 7/4816 (2013.01); G01S 17/023 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); H04N 13/0253 (2013.01); H04N 13/0285 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus is described that includes a camera. The camera has a beam splitter to impose different optical paths for visible light and infra red light received by the camera. The camera has an infra red light detector to detect the infra red light and a visible light detector to detect the visible light.