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US 10,070,067 · App. 15/302,670 · Granted Sep 4, 2018

Systems, methods, and media for extracting information and a display image from two captured images

Inventors: Kensei Jo (Kumamoto, JP); Mohit Gupta (New York, NY); Shree K. Nayar (New York, NY)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
H04N5/2352G03B17/48H04B10/116H04N5/2356H04N5/2357H04N5/23267H04N5/3532H04N5/35563H04N5/35581H04N5/66H04N7/0132G03B19/026G03B21/26H04N5/445
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Patent No.
US 10,070,067
App. No.
15/302,670
Granted
Sep 4, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems, methods, and media for extracting information and a display image from two captured images are provided, in some embodiments, systems for extracting information and a display image from two captured images are provided, the systems comprising: a rolling shutter sensor; and a hardware processor coupled to the rolling shutter sensor that is configured to: cause the rolling shutter sensor to capture two captured images; receive the two captured images; and extract the information, and the display image from the two captured images, wherein the information is represented in the captured images as a flicker pattern.

Claims (39)

1. A system for extracting a message and a display image from two captured images, comprising:

a rolling shutter sensor; and

a hardware processor coupled to the rolling shutter sensor that is configured to:

cause the rolling shutter sensor to capture two captured images;

receive the two captured images; and

extract the message and the display image from the two captured images, wherein the message is represented in the captured images as a flicker pattern based on modulated brightness of a display source that generates the display image.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor causes the rolling shutter sensor to capture the two captured images using an exposure bracketing mode.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the hardware processor also performs motion compensation on at least one of the two captured images.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the rolling shutter sensor is a simultaneous dual exposure sensor.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the rolling shutter sensor detects phase-shift keying modulated light.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the rolling shutter sensor detects binary phase-shift keying modulated light.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the rolling shutter sensor detects modulated light in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing signal.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor detects pilot symbols in the message to synchronize detection of the message with the display source.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor determines a guard interval to synchronize detection of the message with the display source.

10. A method for extracting a message and a display image from two captured images, comprising:

causing a rolling shutter sensor to capture two captured images using a hardware processor;

receiving the two captured images using the hardware processor; and

extracting the message and the display image from the two captured images using the hardware processor,

wherein the message is represented in the captured images as a flicker pattern based on modulated brightness of a display source that generates the display image.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the causing the rolling shutter sensor to capture the two captured images uses an exposure bracketing mode.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising performing motion compensation on at least one of the two captured images.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the rolling shutter sensor is a simultaneous dual exposure sensor.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising detecting phase-shift keying modulated light.

15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising detecting binary phase-shift keying modulated light.

16. The method of claim 10 , further comprising detecting modulated light in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing signal.

17. The method of claim 10 , further comprising detecting pilot symbols in the message to synchronize detection of the message with the display source.

18. The method of claim 10 , further comprising determining a guard interval to synchronize detection of the message with the display source.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for extracting a message and a display image from two captured images, the method comprising:

causing a rolling shutter sensor to capture two captured images;

receiving the two captured images; and

extracting the message and the display image from the two captured images, wherein the message is represented in the captured images as a flicker pattern based on modulated brightness of a display source that generates the display image.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the causing the rolling shutter sensor to capture the two captured images uses an exposure bracketing mode.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 20 , wherein the method further comprises performing motion compensation on at least one of the two captured images.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the rolling shutter sensor is a simultaneous dual exposure sensor.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the method further comprises detecting phase-shift keying modulated light.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the method further comprises detecting binary phase-shift keying modulated light.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the method further comprises detecting modulated light in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing signal.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the method further comprises detecting pilot symbols in the message to synchronize detection of the message with the display source.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the method further comprises determining a guard interval to synchronize detection of the message with the display source.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2017
From: JO, KENSEI; GUPTA, MOHIT; NAYAR, SHREE K.
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041394/0894 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2016
From: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040187/0545 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62073787 · Oct 31, 2014
Provisional Application 61980002 · Apr 15, 2014
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