US 11,792,904 B2
Apparatuses and methodologies for flicker control
Tao Xian, Mount Laurel, NJ (US); Ka Man Au, Philadelphia, PA (US); David M. Wilz, Sewell, NJ (US); Gennady Germaine, Cherry Hill, NJ (US); Patrick Anthony Giordano, Glassboro, NJ (US); Erik Van Horn, Ocean View, NJ (US); Michael Vincent Miraglia, Hamilton, NJ (US); Benjamin Hejl, Cherry Hill, NJ (US); and Thomas A. Sweet, Snohomish, WA (US)
Assigned to Hand Held Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by HAND HELD PRODUCTS, INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/807,622.
Application 17/807,622 is a continuation of application No. 17/234,314, filed on Apr. 19, 2021, granted, now 11,394,891.
Application 17/234,314 is a continuation of application No. 16/684,468, filed on Nov. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,019,276, issued on May 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0321760 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H05B 47/125 (2020.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01); H04N 23/745 (2023.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01)
CPC H05B 47/125 (2020.01) [G06V 10/141 (2022.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01); H04N 23/745 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for flicker control in a multi-sensor environment, the computer-implemented method comprising:
activating a broadest illuminator source of a plurality of illuminator sources, wherein the broadest illuminator source produces a broadest illumination pattern in one or more directions of a plurality of illumination patterns projected via the plurality of illuminator sources;
determining an activation parameter associated with the active illuminator source satisfies an illuminator change threshold; and
in response to the activation parameter satisfying the illuminator change threshold, activating a chosen illuminator source of the plurality of illuminator sources, wherein the chosen illuminator source is associated with an image sensor chosen for an image processing operation.