OPTICAL AREA MONITORING WITH SPOT MATRIX ILLUMINATION

An imaging sensor device is configured to illuminate a viewing field using an array of focused light spots spaced across the viewing field rather than uniformly illuminating the viewing field, thereby reducing the amount of illumination energy required to produce a given intensity of light reflected...

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description An imaging sensor device is configured to illuminate a viewing field using an array of focused light spots spaced across the viewing field rather than uniformly illuminating the viewing field, thereby reducing the amount of illumination energy required to produce a given intensity of light reflected from the spots. In some embodiments, the imaging sensor device can project an array of focused light spots at two different intensities or brightness levels, such that high intensity and low intensity light spots are interlaced across the viewing field. This ensures that both relatively dark and relatively bright or reflective objects can be reliably detected within the viewing field. The intensities of the light spots can be modulated based on measured conditions of the viewing field, including but not limited to the measured ambient light or a determined dynamic range of reflectivity of objects within the viewing field.
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subjects ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES
APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM
CINEMATOGRAPHY
DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS
DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
ELECTROGRAPHY
GEOPHYSICS
GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS
HOLOGRAPHY
LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES
MEASURING
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHYSICS
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING
RADIO NAVIGATION
TESTING
title OPTICAL AREA MONITORING WITH SPOT MATRIX ILLUMINATION
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