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Granted Patent B2
US 12,014,509 · App. 17/234,749 · Granted Jun 18, 2024

Optical device, camera device, and electronic apparatus including the same

Inventors: Changhwan Lee (Seoul, KR); Yunsup Shin (Seoul, KR); Yungwoo Jung (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
G06T7/521G01S17/42G01S17/89G02B7/021G02B27/4205H04N23/56G06T2207/10028
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Patent No.
US 12,014,509
App. No.
17/234,749
Granted
Jun 18, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical device includes: a first light emitting device that emits a plurality of line pattern lights spaced apart from each other to a target area; at least one sensor device that detects a received light, which is the emitted line pattern light, that is reflected from the target area; and a controller that calculates a parallax distance from a pattern of the detected received light, and acquires depth information of the target area by using the calculated parallax distance, wherein the first light emitting device includes: at least one light emitting unit including at least one light emitting element and emitting light of a specific wavelength; and a first optical member that generates light emitted from the at least one light emitting unit into at least one line pattern light.

Claims (33)

1. An optical device comprising:

a first light emitting device configured to emit a first plurality of line pattern light, spaced apart from each other by a first distance, to a target area;

at least one sensor device configured to detect a received light, which is the first plurality of emitted line pattern light, that is reflected from the target area; and

a controller configured to calculate a parallax distance from a pattern of the detected received light, and acquire depth information of the target area by using the calculated parallax distance,

wherein the first light emitting device comprises:

at least one light emitting unit including at least one light emitting element and configured to emit light of a specific wavelength; and

a first optical member configured to generate light emitted from the at least one light emitting unit into at least one line pattern light,

wherein the sensor device comprises an asynchronous type sensor device or a frame type sensor device for sensing pixel-based data, and

wherein the controller is further configured to:

control the sensor device so that the sensor device operates in synchronization with a point of time when the light emitting element emits light,

control the first light emitting device to emit a same number of a second plurality of line pattern light to the target area during each of a plurality of sequential time periods,

wherein for each of the plurality of sequential time periods, each of the second plurality of line pattern light is spaced at a same second distance, relative to a preceding emission of an adjacent one of the second plurality of line pattern light, and

wherein the second distance is less than the first distance at which the first plurality of line pattern light are spaced apart from each other,

control the at least one sensor device to detect further received light, which is the second plurality of line pattern light, for each of the plurality of sequential time periods, that is reflected from the target area,

acquire partial depth information of the target area based on the further received light, and

acquire further depth information of the target area, based on the acquired partial depth information.

2. A camera comprising an optical device;

wherein the optical device comprises:

a first light emitting device configured to emit a first plurality of line pattern light, spaced apart from each other by a first distance, to a target area;

at least one sensor device configured to detect a received light, which is the first plurality of emitted line pattern light, that is reflected from the target area; and

a controller configured to calculate a parallax distance from a pattern of the detected received light, and acquire depth information of the target area by using the calculated parallax distance,

wherein the first light emitting device comprises:

at least one light emitting unit including at least one light emitting element and configured to emit light of a specific wavelength; and

a first optical member configured to generate light emitted from the at least one light emitting unit into at least one line pattern light,

wherein the sensor device comprises an asynchronous type sensor device or a frame type sensor device for sensing pixel-based data, and

wherein the controller is further configured to:

control the sensor device so that the sensor device operates in synchronization with a point of time when the light emitting element emits light,

control the first light emitting device to emit a same number of a second plurality of line pattern light to the target area during each of a plurality of sequential time periods,

wherein for each of the plurality of sequential time periods, each of the second plurality of line pattern light is spaced at a same second distance, relative to a preceding emission of an adjacent one of the second plurality of line pattern light, and

wherein the second distance is less than the first distance at which the first plurality of line pattern light are spaced apart from each other,

control the at least one sensor device to detect further received light, which is the second plurality of line pattern light, for each of the plurality of sequential time periods, that is reflected from the target area,

acquire partial depth information of the target area based on the further received light, and

acquire further depth information of the target area, based on the acquired partial depth information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2024
From: LEE, CHANGHWAN; SHIN, YUNSUP; JUNG, YUNGWOO
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0048740 · Apr 22, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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