US 11,836,940 B2
Three-dimensional sensor acuity recovery assistance
Patrick B. Tilley, Coram, NY (US); Ronald Zancola, Phoenix, AZ (US); Aleksandar Rajak, Ottawa (CA); Kevin Kar Yin Chan, Woodbridge (CA); Peter Randall Daly, Poughkeepsie, NY (US); Sanjeewa Thimirachandra, Kotugoda (LK); Raghavendra Tenkasi Shankar, Holbrook, NY (US); Alexander Miller, Ottawa (CA); Scott R. Murchison, Kanata (CA); and Eliran Noach, Plainview, NY (US)
Assigned to Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US)
Filed by ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Lincolnshire, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/901,868.
Prior Publication US 2021/0390724 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. G06T 7/593 (2017.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 7/593 (2017.01) [G06T 7/90 (2017.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.05)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device, comprising:
a three-dimensional (3D) sensor configured to capture point cloud data from a field of view (FOV);
an auxiliary sensor configured to capture reference depth measurements corresponding to a surface within the FOV;
a motion sensor;
a controller connected with the 3D sensor and the auxiliary sensor, the controller configured to:
detect a reference depth capture condition;
when the reference depth capture condition satisfies a quality criterion, wherein the quality criterion includes a target orientation:
(a) control the auxiliary sensor to capture a reference depth corresponding to the surface within the FOV, and
(b) initiate, based on the captured reference depth, generation of corrective data for use at the 3D sensor to capture the point cloud data;
wherein:
the controller, in order to detect the reference depth capture condition, obtains a device orientation from the motion sensor.