Patent №
US 7,375,801
Granted
2008-05-20
Filed 2005
Owner
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Lab
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AI components
1
vision
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11108140
A video sensor device is provided which incorporates a rangefinder function. The device includes a single video camera and a fixed laser spaced a predetermined distance from the camera for, when activated, producing a laser beam. A diffractive optic element divides the beam so that multiple light spots are produced on a target object. A processor calculates the range to the object based on the known spacing and angles determined from the light spots on the video images produced by the camera.
VisionG01C 3/08
AI classification
Vision1.00
Knowledge representation0.03
AI hardware0.01
Natural language0.01
Evolutionary computation0.00
Machine learning0.00
Speech0.00
Planning0.00
Ownership
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
assignment · 164790332
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