US 11,852,732 B2
System and method of capturing and generating panoramic three-dimensional images
David Alan Gausebeck, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Kirk Stromberg, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Louis D. Marzano, Sunnyvale, CA (US); David Proctor, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Naoto Sakakibara, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Simeon Trieu, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Kevin Kane, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Simon Wynn, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Matterport, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Matterport, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/295,258.
Application 18/295,258 is a continuation of application No. 17/806,447, filed on Jun. 10, 2022, granted, now 11,630,214.
Application 17/806,447 is a continuation of application No. 17/664,602, filed on May 23, 2022, granted, now 11,640,000.
Application 17/664,602 is a continuation of application No. 17/137,958, filed on Dec. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/955,414, filed on Dec. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0243978 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G03B 37/00 (2021.01); H04N 23/698 (2023.01)
CPC G01S 17/931 (2020.01) [G01S 7/4813 (2013.01); G01S 7/4815 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G03B 37/00 (2013.01); H04N 23/698 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for an apparatus to gather images and depth information in a 360-degree scene, wherein the apparatus comprises a first motor, an image capture device, and a depth information capture device, the method comprising:
capturing, by the image capture device while pointed in a first direction, a plurality of images at different exposures in a first field of view (FOV) of the 360-degree scene;
rotating, by the first motor, the depth information capture device and the image capture device about a first, substantially vertical, axis until the image capture device is pointed in a second direction, and capturing, by the depth information capture device while being rotated, depth information for a first portion of the 360-degree scene;
capturing, by the image capture device while pointed in the second direction, a plurality of images at different exposures in a second FOV that overlaps the first FOV of the 360-degree scene;
rotating, by the first motor, the depth information capture device and the image capture device about the first axis until the image capture device is pointed in a third direction, and capturing, by the depth information capture device while being rotated, depth information for a second portion of the 360-degree scene; and
capturing, by the image capture device while pointed in the third direction, a plurality of images at different exposures in a third FOV that overlaps the second FOV of the 360-degree scene.