Patent ID: 9683834
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G01B,G01S,G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. A depth sensing device, comprising: depth sensing equipment circuitry to perform depth sensing, the depth sensing equipment circuitry comprising at least a red, green, and blue (RGB) sensor, an infrared (IR) emitter, a first IR sensor positioned apart from the IR emitter, and a second IR sensor positioned proximate to the IR emitter, wherein the second IR sensor is repositionable with the depth sensing equipment; and control circuitry to: receive at least depth data from the depth sensing equipment circuitry; and configure a mode of operation for the depth sensing equipment circuitry based at least on the depth data, wherein when said control circuitry configures the depth sensing equipment circuitry for mid-range depth sensing, the control circuitry causes the depth sensing equipment circuitry to position the second IR sensor at a first position that is a first distance from the first IR sensor, and when said control circuitry configures the depth sensing equipment circuitry for long-range depth sensing, the control circuitry causes the depth sensing equipment to physically move the second IR sensor to a second position that is a second distance from the first IR sensor, the second distance being greater than the first distance.