Patent ID: 8274507

Claim:
A three dimensional imaging system comprising: a portable housing configured to be carried by a user, the portable housing comprising a cellular telephone housing defining a projector port and a camera port; a microelectrical mechanical system (MEMS) projector supported by the housing and positioned to project signals through the projector port; a sensor supported by the housing and configured to detect incoming energy received through the camera port; a memory supported by the housing including program instructions for generating an encoded signal with the MEMS projector, activating the MEMS projector to emit the encoded signal through the projector port, activating the sensor to detect the emitted signal after the emitted signal is reflected by a body, associating the detected signal with the emitted signal, comparing the detected signal with the associated emitted signal, determining an x-axis dimension, a y-axis dimension, and a z-axis dimension of the body based upon the comparison, and storing the determined x-axis dimension, y-axis dimension, and z-axis dimension of the body; and a processor operably connected to the memory, to the sensor, and to the MEMS projector for executing the program instructions.