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  • System and method for determining geometries of scenes
    Patent number: 7907781
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus determines a geometry of a scene by projecting one or more output image into the scene, in which a time to project the output image is t1. Input images are acquired of the scene, in which a time to acquire each input image is t2, and in which t1>t2 and in which the input image includes a distinguishable stripe of pixels with an edge due to t1>t2. An amount of distortion of the edge is measured from a straight line to determine a geometry of the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboraties, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuri A. Ivanov, Jay E. Thornton, Christopher R. Wren