US 11,719,532 B2
Electronic device and method for reconstructing shape of a deformable object from captured images
Tonino Greco, Stuttgart (DE)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/399,063.
Claims priority of application No. 20191451 (EP), filed on Aug. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0057195 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G01B 11/16 (2006.01); G01B 11/24 (2006.01); G01J 1/20 (2006.01)
CPC G01B 11/24 (2013.01) [G01B 11/16 (2013.01); G01J 1/20 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising
a deformable object which is at least partially filled with a light-absorbing material,
one or more light sources embedded in the deformable object, the one or more light source being configured to illuminate the inside of the deformable object,
an image detector inside the deformable object, the image detector being configured to capture respective images of light emitted by the light sources and traversing the inside of the deformable object, and
circuitry configured to reconstruct the shape of the deformable object based on the captured images.