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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Juuso Gren, Kyröskoski, FI;
Tomi Sokeila, Redmond, WA (US);
Lassi Ylä-Soininmäki, Hämeenlinna, FI;
Kai Jämsä, Lieto, FI;
Samuli Wallius, Turku, FI;
Antti Peräkamppi, Tampere, FI;
Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 9/47 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01); G06T 7/586 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0073 (2013.01); G06K 9/00604 (2013.01); G06K 9/2027 (2013.01); G06T 7/586 (2017.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); H04N 5/2257 (2013.01); H04N 5/332 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10048 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10152 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus is described. In an embodiment, the apparatus comprises an illumination unit configured to simultaneously illuminate a first portion of a scene with unstructured light and a second portion of the scene with structured light. The apparatus further comprises a digital image capture unit configured to capture at least one image frame of the illuminated scene.