METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGING
First Claim
1. An imaging device comprising:
- a visible light image sensor array and a ranging sensor array substantially facing the same direction and having at least partially overlapping field of view; and
image processing logic adapted to correlate a ranging value derived from one or more ranging sensor elements within the ranging sensor array with one or more visible light sensor array imaging elements as a function of the derived ranging value.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
There is provided a novel method, device and system for imaging. According to some embodiments of the present invention, a visible light image sensor array (e.g. Charge-Couple Device (“CCD”) or Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (“CMOS”)) and arranging sensor array may be arranged substantially facing the same direction and having a substantially overlapping field of view. According to further embodiments of the present invention, a range value derived from one or more ranging sensor elements within the ranging sensor array may be correlated with one or more imaging elements within the visible sensor array. Image processing logic may correlate the derived ranging value with the one or more imaging elements as a function of the derived range.
-
Citations
25 Claims
-
1. An imaging device comprising:
-
a visible light image sensor array and a ranging sensor array substantially facing the same direction and having at least partially overlapping field of view; and image processing logic adapted to correlate a ranging value derived from one or more ranging sensor elements within the ranging sensor array with one or more visible light sensor array imaging elements as a function of the derived ranging value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
-
-
8. A method of imaging comprising:
-
Substantially concurrently acquiring visible light image with a visible light image sensor array and a ranging image from a ranging sensor array, which visible light image sensor array and ranging sensor array substantially face the same direction and have at least partially overlapping fields of view; and correlating a ranging value derived from the one or more ranging sensor elements within the ranging sensor array with one or more visible light sensor array imaging elements as a function of the derived ranging value. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
-
-
15. A computing system comprising:
-
an image based interface, wherein the image based interface includes a visible light image sensor array and a ranging sensor array substantially facing the same direction and having at least partially overlapping field of view; and an image processing logic adapted to correlate a ranging value derived from one or more ranging sensor elements within the ranging sensor array with one or more visible light sensor array imaging elements as a function of the derived ranging value. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
-
-
23. A method of fabricating an imaging system comprising:
-
aligning a visible light image sensor array and a ranging sensor array substantially facing the same direction and having at least partially overlapping field of view; and integrating image processing logic adapted to correlate a ranging value derived from one or more ranging sensor elements within the ranging sensor array with one or more visible light sensor array imaging elements as a function of the derived ranging value. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
-
Specification