18386009. LASER PULSE DECODING USING A SENSOR (Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC)
LASER PULSE DECODING USING A SENSOR
Organization Name
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor(s)
Minseok Oh of Santa Clara CA US
John Peter Godbaz of Sunnyvale CA US
Rui Jin of Mountain View CA US
LASER PULSE DECODING USING A SENSOR
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18386009 titled 'LASER PULSE DECODING USING A SENSOR
Original Abstract Submitted
Techniques for using a sensor to perform laser signal decoding are disclosed. The sensor may be a global shutter sensor or a rolling shutter sensor. The sensor generates a first set of images while operating in a first mode. In response to detecting a laser signal in the first set of images, the sensor is caused to operate in a second mode. The laser signal includes an embedded frequency signal component and repeats at a periodic rate. While the sensor is operating in the second mode, the sensor generates a second set of images, which capture an entire period of the laser signal. From the second set of images, the embedded frequency signal component is determined. A decoding operation is performed using the embedded frequency signal component.