Stereoscopic apparatus and a method for determining exposure time

    公开(公告)号:US10979648B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-13

    申请号:US16674236

    申请日:2019-11-05

    Applicant: INUITIVE LTD.

    Abstract: A method and a stereoscopic apparatus configured to determine an exposure time period for capturing images. The apparatus comprises at least one image capturing device for capturing pairs of images; a processor configured to: calculate a texture-signal-to-noise ratio (TSNR) metric based on information derived from a pair of captured images; calculate an image saturation metric based on that pair of captured images; calculate a value for an exposure duration that will be implemented by the at least one image capturing device when another pair of images are captured; provide the value of the calculated exposure time period to each at least one image capturing device; and wherein the at least one image capturing device is configured to capture at least one image of the target while implementing each the respective calculated value of the exposure time period provided to the corresponding one of the at least one image capturing device.

    Multiple modal processing system and method for natural user interface applications

    公开(公告)号:US10055027B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-21

    申请号:US15116243

    申请日:2015-02-05

    Applicant: INUITIVE LTD.

    Abstract: A natural user interface (NUI) computer processor is provided herein. The NUI computer processor may include: at least one computer processing module; and a plurality of sensors, connected with direct, high bandwidth connectors to the at least one computer processing module, wherein the computer processing module is configured to support a full extent of processing power required for simultaneous multi-modal high resolution information handling gathered by said sensors, wherein the computer processing module and the high bandwidth connectors are cooperatively configured to eliminate any non-vital delays, to reduce latency between human user actions captured by said sensors and response by the NUI computer processor.

    Device, a method and an apparatus for improving quantization capabilities for computer visual applications

    公开(公告)号:US12175710B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-24

    申请号:US17835399

    申请日:2022-06-08

    Applicant: INUITIVE LTD.

    Abstract: A method and a computational module are provided for carrying out a quantization process of a plurality of channels carrying data received from an image capturing sensor. The computational module comprises: at least one array of processors, configured to a) retrieve data from: a1) a neural network graph, a2) a dataset associated with a data and a3) parameters' values of a neural network model; b) carry out a dynamic range calibration process for the channels received and using the neural network graph for deriving grouping constrains associated with respective channels; c) carry out a grouping optimization based on results obtained for each channel from its respective dynamic range calibration and its grouping constrains; d) arrange the channels so that channels having similar grouping constrains are grouped together into one output channel; and e) calculate required quantization parameters for carrying out a quantization process of the output channels.

    Method for Filling Missing Disparity Values of Pixels Comprised in an Image

    公开(公告)号:US20240281937A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-22

    申请号:US18170019

    申请日:2023-02-16

    Applicant: INUITIVE LTD.

    Inventor: Ady ECKER

    Abstract: A method is described for processing data retrieved from two image capturing sensors, by filling missing disparity values of pixels included in holes comprised in the retrieved data. The method comprises: retrieving data by the two image capturing sensors, wherein the retrieved data includes data that relates to at least one pixel for which no disparity related information is provided; arranging the retrieved data in a form of a raster that comprises a plurality of disparity values representing the retrieved data, arranged in rows and columns; identifying boundary pixels included in the retrieved data, wherein the boundary pixels are pixels adjacent to the pixel for which no information is provided; determining which of the holes, should be filled; inserting disparity values of the boundary pixels surrounding holes that should be filled, into a queue implemented in a linear array; repeatedly extracting a pixel from the queue, obtaining its disparity value by interpolating disparity values of its adjacent and remote neighbors, and inserting all its adjacent neighboring pixels for which no disparity values have been provided, into the queue; and adding to the data retrieved, disparity values for all pixels having originally missing values.

    Detection of Objects Located Closer Than a Minimal Distance of Hardware Stereo Systems

    公开(公告)号:US20240273746A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-15

    申请号:US18164754

    申请日:2023-02-06

    Applicant: INUITIVE LTD.

    Inventor: Ady ECKER

    Abstract: A method for use in a stereoscopic image generating system, wherein the image generating system comprises a hardware module associated with at least one pair of image capturing devices, at least one memory means and at least one processor, wherein information retrieved from the capturing devices is processed by the at least one processor, which is configured to implement a hardware module stereo algorithm for identifying objects included in the captured scene at a distance that is equal to or greater than a minimal distance defined by the geometry and disparity range of said hardware module, and wherein the at least one processor is further configured to implement a software stereo algorithm adapted to identify objects included in the captured scene at a distance that is less than the minimal distance required for detecting objects by the hardware module stereo algorithm.

    METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR SELECTING A PIXEL'S MASK

    公开(公告)号:US20240242361A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-18

    申请号:US18156061

    申请日:2023-01-18

    Applicant: INUITIVE LTD.

    CPC classification number: G06T7/33 G06F17/10

    Abstract: A computational platform and a method for use in a process of matching pairs of pixels, wherein each of the members of a pixel's pair belong to another image captured by a different image capturing sensor, and wherein the computational platform comprises at least one processor configured to carry out a process of matching pairs of pixels based on selecting a pixel mask to be used by selecting neighboring pixels of a given pixel from among all of its neighboring pixels, will be used for the matching process of said given pixel with the other member of its pixel's pair.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STRUCTURED LIGHT CALIBARATION

    公开(公告)号:US20240037784A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-01

    申请号:US17816218

    申请日:2022-07-29

    Applicant: INUITIVE LTD.

    CPC classification number: G06T7/74 G06T7/55 G06T7/521 G06T2207/30244

    Abstract: A method is provided for calibrating a structured light system which comprises a projector, a camera and at least one processor, wherein the projector emits light at an unknown pattern. The method comprises projecting by the projector an unknown pattern at at least two different distances relative to the camera's location, capturing by the camera the patterns projected at the different distances, determining vertical disparity between the captured images and estimating a relative orientation between the camera and the projector, thereby enabling calibration of the structured light system.

    Self-Localizing System Operative in an Unknown Environment

    公开(公告)号:US20240012423A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-11

    申请号:US17845145

    申请日:2022-07-06

    Applicant: INUITIVE LTD.

    Inventor: Idan RAM Ady ECKER

    Abstract: A system configured to operate in an unknown, possibly texture-less environment, with possibly self-similar surfaces, and comprising a plurality of platforms configured to operate as mobile platforms, where each of these platforms comprises an optical depth sensor, and one platform operates as a static platform and comprising at least one optical projector. Upon operating the system, the static platform projects a pattern onto the environment, wherein each of the mobile platforms detects the pattern or a part thereof by its respective optical depth sensor while moving, and wherein information obtained by the optical depth sensors, is used to determine moving instructions for mobile platforms within that environment. Optionally, the system operates so that every time period another mobile platform from among the plurality of platforms, takes the role of operating as the static platform, while the preceding platform returns to operate as a mobile platform.

    Method and Apparatus for Detecting Edges in Active Stereo Images

    公开(公告)号:US20220237804A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-28

    申请号:US17578769

    申请日:2022-01-19

    Applicant: INUITIVE LTD.

    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a three-dimensional depth map, are provided. The method comprising the steps of: (i) illuminating a target by a pattern projector having background intensity or by a combination of a pattern projector which does not have a background intensity operative together with a flood projector; (ii) capturing at least one image that comprises one or more objects present at the illuminated target; (iii) converting the at least one captured image into data; (iv) processing the data received from the conversion of the at least one captured image while filtering out the projected pattern from the processed data; (v) detecting edges of at least one of the one or more objects present at the illuminated target; and (vi) generating a three-dimensional depth map that comprises the at least one of the one or more objects whose edges have been determined.

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