Patent №
US 8,890,952
Granted
2014-11-18
Filed 2009
Owner
MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS B.V.
Lab
AI components
1
vision
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12511074
An imaging system comprising: a light source for illuminating a scene with a known intensity light; a camera having an optic axis and center that images the scene responsive to light reflected by the scene from the illuminating, known intensity light; a range finder controllable to determine distances to surface elements of the scene imaged by the camera; a controller configured to determine reflectivity of a surface element of the scene imaged by the camera responsive to a distance of the surface element from the camera, the known intensity of illuminating light and light from the surface element imaged by the camera.
AI classification
Ownership
MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS B.V.
assignment · 230180899
Assignors
KATZ, SAGI
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.