US Patent Issued to QUALCOMM on Sept. 15 for "Mixed-mode depth imaging" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,904, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Mixed-mode depth imaging" was invented by Ioannis Nousias (San Diego) and Matthieu Jean Olivier Dupre (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and techniques are described for generating depth map(s). For instance, a process can include obtaining a frame including a reflected pattern of light generated based on a pattern of light that is based on a primitive including a set of uniquely identifiable features. The process can include determining, using a time-of-flight (ToF) sensor, a first distance measurement associated with a pixel of the frame, an...