MOTION-CAPTURE APPARATUS WITH LIGHT-SOURCE FORM FACTOR
First Claim
1. A system for identifying a position and shape of an object in three-dimensional (3D) space, the system comprising:
- a housing including a base portion and a body portion, the base portion including electrical contacts for mating with a lighting receptacle;
within the housing,at least one camera oriented toward a field of view through a port in the housing; and
an image analyzer coupled to the camera for receipt of image data from the camera, the image analyzer configured to capture at least one image of the object and to generate object data indicative of a position and shape of the object in 3D space; and
power conditioning circuitry for converting power supplied to the lighting receptacle to power suitable for operating the at least one camera and the image analyzer.
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Abstract
A system which identifies the position and shape of an object in 3D space includes a housing having a base portion and a body portion, the base portion including electrical contacts mating with a lighting receptacle. A camera, an image analyzer and power conditioning circuitry are within the housing. The image analyzer, coupled to the camera for receipt of camera image data, is configured to capture at least one image of the object and to generate object data indicative of the position and shape of the object in 3D space. The power conditioning circuitry converts power from the lighting receptacle to power suitable for the system. The object data can be used to computationally construct a representation of the object. Some examples include a database containing a library of object templates, the image analyzer being configured to match the 3D representation to one of the templates.
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17 Claims
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1. A system for identifying a position and shape of an object in three-dimensional (3D) space, the system comprising:
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a housing including a base portion and a body portion, the base portion including electrical contacts for mating with a lighting receptacle; within the housing, at least one camera oriented toward a field of view through a port in the housing; and an image analyzer coupled to the camera for receipt of image data from the camera, the image analyzer configured to capture at least one image of the object and to generate object data indicative of a position and shape of the object in 3D space; and power conditioning circuitry for converting power supplied to the lighting receptacle to power suitable for operating the at least one camera and the image analyzer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A distributed system for identifying a position and shape of an object in three-dimensional (3D) space, the system comprising:
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a plurality of sensors each including; a housing including a base portion and a body portion, the base portion including electrical contacts for mating with a lighting receptacle; within the housing, at least one camera oriented toward a field of view through a port in the housing; and an image analyzer coupled to the camera for receipt of image data from the camera, the image analyzer configured to capture at least one image of the object and to generate object data indicative of a position and shape of the object in 3D space; and power conditioning circuitry for converting power supplied to the lighting receptacle to power suitable for operating the at least one camera and the image analyzer; a transmitter for transmitting the object data; and a computer for receiving the object data from the sensors and computationally constructing therefrom a representation of the object. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus for capturing information about an object in space, the apparatus comprising:
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a base portion including electrical contacts for mating with a receptacle that powers a light source; and a body portion, the body portion enclosing; at least one camera oriented toward a field of view through a port in the body portion to capture at least one image of the object; a transceiver to communicate image data from the at least one camera to an image analyzer configured to generate object data indicative of a position of the object in space from the image data; and a power conditioning circuit to convert power supplied to the receptacle to power suitable for operating the at least one camera and the transceiver.
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