System and methods for depth imaging using conventional CCD image sensors

RS Ayyagari, B Patil, SP Prabhudesai - US Patent 10,116,883, 2018 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods for providing depth imaging using a CCD image sensor. In a
method for visual imaging and depth imaging, steps include providing a CCD image sensor …

Systems and methods for enhanced depth sensor devices

M Bikumandla, AM Bardagjy, C Hazegh - US Patent 10,805,594, 2020 - Google Patents
An exemplary depth imaging device includes an optical sensor having an optical axis, a lens
positioned to focus light from a scene onto the optical sensor, a matrix of variable-phase …

System and method to generate depth data using edge detection

B Forutanpour - US Patent 8,184,196, 2012 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods of generating depth data using edge detection are disclosed.
In a particular embodiment, first image data is received corresponding to a scene recorded …

Systems and methods for generating composite depth images based on signals from an inertial sensor

L Ricci, D Wagner, JD Hol, J Zillner - US Patent 10,686,980, 2020 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods for generating composite depth images are disclosed.
Exemplary implementations may: capture, by a depth sensor, a set of depth images over a …

System and method for combining data from multiple depth cameras

Y Yanai, M Madmoni, G Levy… - US Patent App. 13/652,181, 2014 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system and method for combining depth images taken from multiple
depth cameras into a composite image are described. The Volume of space captured in the …

Optical modules for use with depth cameras

J Hudman, P Masalkar - US Patent App. 14/023,990, 2015 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are optical modules for use with depth cameras, and systems that include
a depth camera. The optical module spreads out a laser beam, output by a laser source of …

Depth camera system using coded structured light

B Olmstead - US Patent 9,712,806, 2017 - Google Patents
Depth camera systems and methods of operation use coded structured light to determine
depth values. One example method includes projecting a structured light pattern towards a …

Systems and methods for generating a virtual camera viewpoint for an image

D Lin, QH Nguyen, MN Do, SJ Patel - US Patent 9,053,573, 2015 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A color image and a depth image of a live video are received. A user is
extracted from the information of the color image and the depth image. Spurious depth Vales …

Image location selection for use in depth photography system

DC Middleton, R Jellicoe, PW Winer… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
Image location selection is described for use in a depth photography system. In one
example, a method includes receiving a selection from a user of a position in a captured …

Systems and methods for volumetric sizing

F Peruch, G Pasqualotto, G Murali, E Cheng… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
A method for computing dimensions of an object in a scene includes: controlling, by a
processor, a depth camera system to capture at least a frame of the scene, the frame …