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DIGITAL CAMERA

  • US 20150256767A1
  • Filed: 03/05/2015
  • Published: 09/10/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A digital camera with a 2D image sensor that is operative to measure distances based on a runtime measurement in synchronization with a pulsed infrared source and based on which the measured distances are used to carry out a 3D reconstruction of a detected object, the improvement wherein the camera does not have an infrared cut-off filter or wherein it has an infrared out-off filter that can be dynamically activated in full or in part or deactivated in relation to pixels of the image sensor;

  • wherein in the event that the infrared cut-off filter can be dynamically activated in full or in part or deactivated in relation to the pixels of the image sensor, individual areas of the image sensor, for which the infrared cut-off filter is deactivated, are used for the 3D reconstruction or for images in the infrared range;

    wherein the remaining areas of the sensor are used for images of high color quality in the visible light spectrum; and

    wherein, in the event that no infrared cut-off filter is present, individual areas of the images sensor are used for the 3D reconstruction or for images in the infrared range, whereby the remaining areas of the sensor are used for images in the visible light spectrum.

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