US Patent Issued to More on Sept. 8 for "Methods and apparatus for capturing images and using images for depth determination and/or other purposes" (California, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,277, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to More Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Methods and apparatus for capturing images and using images for depth determination and/or other purposes" was invented by Divya Gupta (Redwood City, Calif.) and Rajiv Laroia (Far Hills, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for illuminating scene areas to facilitate depth determination are described. A sequence of frames is displayed, e.g., projected, onto a scene area to illuminate the area for image capture. The sequence of frames includes a patterned frame followed by a concealing frame. The patterned frame and concealing frame are each di...