US 12,219,119 B2
Time-of-flight camera system
Daniel Van Nieuwenhove, Hofstade (BE); and Julien Thollot, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (BE)
Assigned to Sony Depthsensing Solutions SA/NV, Brussels (BE)
Filed by Sony Depthsensing Solutions SA/NV, Brussels (BE)
Filed on Dec. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/399,923.
Application 16/460,049 is a division of application No. 14/904,554, granted, now 10,397,552, previously published as PCT/EP2014/079304, filed on Dec. 24, 2014.
Application 18/399,923 is a continuation of application No. 17/522,863, filed on Nov. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,863,734.
Application 17/522,863 is a continuation of application No. 16/843,346, filed on Apr. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,172,186.
Application 16/843,346 is a continuation of application No. 16/460,049, filed on Jul. 2, 2019, granted, now 10,638,118.
Claims priority of application No. 13199564 (EP), filed on Dec. 24, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2024/0146895 A1, May 2, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01J 40/14 (2006.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01); H04N 13/122 (2018.01); H04N 13/128 (2018.01); H04N 13/207 (2018.01); H04N 13/243 (2018.01); H04N 13/246 (2018.01); H04N 13/25 (2018.01); H04N 13/257 (2018.01); H04N 13/271 (2018.01); H04N 25/40 (2023.01); H04N 13/00 (2018.01)
CPC H04N 13/25 (2018.05) [G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01); H04N 13/122 (2018.05); H04N 13/128 (2018.05); H04N 13/207 (2018.05); H04N 13/243 (2018.05); H04N 13/246 (2018.05); H04N 13/257 (2018.05); H04N 13/271 (2018.05); H04N 25/41 (2023.01); H04N 2013/0081 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera system comprising:
at least one first camera, the first camera being a Time-of-Flight camera configured to obtain depthmap information of a scene; and
a second camera, the second camera being an imaging camera, the at least one first camera and second cameras comprising respective first lens and second lens and respective first image sensor and second image sensors,
wherein the at least one first camera and the second camera are arranged on a common support, and
wherein a resolution of an image obtained by the second camera is different than the resolution of the depthmap information obtained by the first camera, the camera system comprising circuitry configured to perform fusion of the depthmap information and the image to form a computed output image.