Illuminator For Camera System Having Three Dimensional Time-Of-Flight Capture With Movable Mirror Element
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a camera system comprising a time-of-flight illuminator, said time of flight illuminator having a light source and one or more tiltable mirror elements, the one or more tiltable mirror elements to direct the illuminator'"'"'s light to only a region within the illuminator'"'"'s field of view.
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Abstract
An apparatus is described that includes a camera system having a time-of-flight illuminator. The time of flight illuminator has a light source and one or more tiltable mirror elements. The one or more tiltable mirror elements are to direct the illuminator'"'"'s light to only a region within the illuminator'"'"'s field of view.
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
a camera system comprising a time-of-flight illuminator, said time of flight illuminator having a light source and one or more tiltable mirror elements, the one or more tiltable mirror elements to direct the illuminator'"'"'s light to only a region within the illuminator'"'"'s field of view. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method, comprising:
performing the following with a time-of-flight camera system illuminator; emitting light from a light source and impinging said light upon one or more tiltable mirrors; tilting said one or more tiltable mirrors to direct said light to only a region of said illuminator'"'"'s field of view. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computing system, comprising:
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an applications processor, said applications processor comprising a plurality of processing cores and a memory controller, said memory controller coupled to a system memory; a 2D/3D camera system coupled to said applications processor, said 2D/3D camera system comprising a time-of-flight illuminator, said time of flight illuminator having a light source and one or more tiltable mirror elements, the one or more tiltable mirror elements to direct the illuminator'"'"'s light to only a region within the illuminator'"'"'s field of view. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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