TEMPORALLY STRUCTURED LIGHT
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1. A temporal method of differentiating elements in a scene comprising:
- illuminating a first element of the scene with light having a particular temporal characteristic;
illuminating a second element the scene with light having a different temporal characteristic;
collecting images of the scene wherein the collected images include the first and second elements; and
differentiating the first element from the second element included in the images from their temporal illuminations.
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Abstract
A method employing temporally structured light during scene production such that foreground/background separation/differentiation is enabled. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the temporally structured light differentially illuminates various regions, elements, or objects within the scene such that these regions, elements or objects may be detected, differentiated, analyzed and/or transmitted as desired and/or required.
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1. A temporal method of differentiating elements in a scene comprising:
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illuminating a first element of the scene with light having a particular temporal characteristic; illuminating a second element the scene with light having a different temporal characteristic; collecting images of the scene wherein the collected images include the first and second elements; and differentiating the first element from the second element included in the images from their temporal illuminations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A recorded image comprising:
one or more scene elements wherein a number of the elements are illuminated with invisibly different lighting such that different portions of the scene may be differentiated.
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