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Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 27, 2013
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc., Redmond, WA (US);

Inventor:

Dawson Yee, Medina, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/02 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00335 (2013.01); G06F 3/005 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0325 (2013.01); H04N 13/0203 (2013.01); G06F 2203/0382 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method providing a capture device autonomously determining its own operational window in the presence of other such devices. The capture device includes an imaging sensor having a field of view and an illumination source. A processor includes code instructing the processor to scan the field of view another illumination source operating in a recurring window of time proximate to the capture device. If illumination occurs from another source within the recurring window, an operational window for the second illumination source is determined an a new a new operational window within the recurring window established for the capture device.


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