Auto-focus in low-profile folded optics multi-camera system

TW Osborne - US Patent 9,973,680, 2018 - Google Patents
Embodiments of imaging systems and methods of autofocusing are disclosed, for example,
using a folded optics configuration. One system includes at least one camera configured to …

Apparatuses and methods for machine vision system including creation of a point cloud model and/or three dimensional model

B Aswin - US Patent 10,755,428, 2020 - Google Patents
Abstract Machine vision systems/methods and related application systems/methods are
provided that includes steps/control sections including capturing pairs of multiple images …

System and method for high dynamic range depth capture using multiple cameras

C Dal Mutto, A Rafii, P Salvagnini, A Hazeghi… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
A method for capturing a depth map includes: controlling a plurality of cameras to capture,
concurrently, a plurality of first images during a first exposure interval, each of the cameras …

Recognizing in-air gestures of a control object to control a vehicular control system

H Yang, RS GORDON, ROY Neeloy… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
The technology disclosed relates to an embeddable motion sensory control device that
detects gestures in a three dimensional (3D) sensory space within a vehicle cabin, detecting …

Multi-camera system using folded optics free from parallax and tilt artifacts

TG Georgiev, SR Goma - US Patent 10,084,958, 2018 - Google Patents
Aspects relate to an array camera exhibiting little or no parallax artifacts in captured images.
For example, the planes of the central prism of the array camera can intersect at an apex …

Stereo yaw correction using autofocus feedback

V Ramachandra, KM Atanassov… - US Patent 10,178,373, 2019 - Google Patents
8, 294, 073 B1 8, 356, 035 B1 8, 400, 555 B1 8, 442, 392 B2 8, 482, 813 B2 8, 791, 984 B2
8, 836, 693 B2 8, 928, 988 B1 8, 988, 564 B2 9, 049, 375 B2 9, 055, 208 B2 9, 185, 296 B2 …

Local adaptive histogram equalization

KM Atanassov, JW Nash, SM Verrall… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for performing local intensity equalization
on images in a set of images exhibiting local intensity variations. For example, the local …

Method and apparatus for stereoscopic focus control of stereo camera

CM Cheng - US Patent 9,948,918, 2018 - Google Patents
A stereoscopic control method includes: establishing a specific mapping relation between a
specific disparity value and a specific set of a first focal setting value of a first sensor of a …

Image processing device and image processing method

M Nagata, Y Matsui - US Patent 10,469,827, 2019 - Google Patents
There is an image processing device to obtain more accurate depth information, based on a
pattern-irradiated infrared image and a pattern-irradiation-free infrared image. The image …

Feature-based rectification of stereo cameras

S Ramaswamy - US Patent 9,609,305, 2017 - Google Patents
Depth information can be used to assist with image processing functionality, such as various
calibration approaches to determine and correct for misalignments between cameras. In at …