Systems and methods for structured light depth computation using single photon avalanche diodes

    公开(公告)号:US12096145B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-17

    申请号:US18299201

    申请日:2023-04-12

    IPC分类号: H04N25/705 G02B27/01

    摘要: A system for structured light depth computation using single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) is configurable to, over a frame capture time period, selectively activate the illuminator to perform interleaved structured light illumination operations. The interleaved structured light illumination operations comprise alternately emitting at least a first structured light pattern from the illuminator and emitting at least a second structured light pattern from the illuminator. The system is also configurable to, over the frame capture time period, perform a plurality of sequential shutter operations to configure each SPAD pixel of the SPAD array to enable photon detection. The plurality of sequential shutter operations generates, for each SPAD pixel of the SPAD array, a plurality of binary counts indicating whether a photon was detected during each of the plurality of sequential shutter operations.

    Systems and methods for dark current compensation in single photon avalanche diode imagery

    公开(公告)号:US11962922B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-16

    申请号:US18318533

    申请日:2023-05-16

    CPC分类号: H04N25/63 G06T3/40 H04N25/46

    摘要: A system for dark current compensation in SPAD imagery is configurable to capture an image frame with the SPAD array and generate a temporally filtered image by performing a temporal filtering operation using the image frame and at least one preceding image frame. The at least one preceding image frame is captured by the SPAD array at a timepoint that temporally precedes a timepoint associated with the image frame. The system is also configurable to obtain a dark current image frame. The dark current image frame includes data indicating one or more SPAD pixels of the plurality of SPAD pixels that detect an avalanche event without detecting a corresponding photon. The system is also configurable to generate a dark current compensated image by performing a subtraction operation on the temporally filtered image or the image frame based on the dark current image frame.