Patents by Inventor Sagy Zino

Sagy Zino has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Calibration of depth sensing using a sparse array of pulsed beams
    Patent number: 11371833
    Abstract: Depth sensing apparatus includes a radiation source, which is configured to emit a first plurality of beams of light pulses toward a target scene. An array of a second plurality of sensing elements is configured to output signals indicative of respective times of incidence of photons on the sensing element, wherein the second plurality exceeds the first plurality. Light collection optics are configured to image the target scene onto the array of sensing elements. Processing and control circuitry is coupled to receive the signals from the array and is configured to search over the sensing elements in order to identify, responsively to the signals, respective regions of the array on which the light pulses reflected from the target scene are incident, and to process the signals from the identified regions in order determine respective times of arrival of the light pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Zeev Roth, Mendy Shoval, Moshe Laifenfeld, Sagy Zino, Thierry Oggier
  • Calibration of depth sensing using a sparse array of pulsed beams
    Publication number: 20210164776
    Abstract: Depth sensing apparatus includes a radiation source, which is configured to emit a first plurality of beams of light pulses toward a target scene. An array of a second plurality of sensing elements is configured to output signals indicative of respective times of incidence of photons on the sensing element, wherein the second plurality exceeds the first plurality. Light collection optics are configured to image the target scene onto the array of sensing elements. Processing and control circuitry is coupled to receive the signals from the array and is configured to search over the sensing elements in order to identify, responsively to the signals, respective regions of the array on which the light pulses reflected from the target scene are incident, and to process the signals from the identified regions in order determine respective times of arrival of the light pulses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Zeev Roth, Mendy Shoval, Moshe Laifenfeld, Sagy Zino, Thierry Oggier
  • Calibration of depth sensing using a sparse array of pulsed beams
    Patent number: 10955234
    Abstract: Depth sensing apparatus includes a radiation source, which is configured to emit a first plurality of beams of light pulses toward a target scene. An array of a second plurality of sensing elements is configured to output signals indicative of respective times of incidence of photons on the sensing element, wherein the second plurality exceeds the first plurality. Light collection optics are configured to image the target scene onto the array of sensing elements. Processing and control circuitry is coupled to receive the signals from the array and is configured to search over the sensing elements in order to identify, responsively to the signals, respective regions of the array on which the light pulses reflected from the target scene are incident, and to process the signals from the identified regions in order determine respective times of arrival of the light pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Zeev Roth, Mendy Shoval, Moshe Laifenfeld, Sagy Zino, Thierry Oggier
  • Calibration of depth sensing using a sparse array of pulsed beams
    Publication number: 20200256669
    Abstract: Depth sensing apparatus includes a radiation source, which is configured to emit a first plurality of beams of light pulses toward a target scene. An array of a second plurality of sensing elements is configured to output signals indicative of respective times of incidence of photons on the sensing element, wherein the second plurality exceeds the first plurality. Light collection optics are configured to image the target scene onto the array of sensing elements. Processing and control circuitry is coupled to receive the signals from the array and is configured to search over the sensing elements in order to identify, responsively to the signals, respective regions of the array on which the light pulses reflected from the target scene are incident, and to process the signals from the identified regions in order determine respective times of arrival of the light pulses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Zeev Roth, Mendy Shoval, Moshe Laifenfeld, Sagy Zino, Thierry Oggier