Patent Document ID: 9992474
Application ID: 14998253
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A depth camera comprising: a Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser projector (VCSEL projector); wherein the VCSEL projector embodies a VCSEL array, the VCSEL being comprised of a plurality of VCSEL elements divided into a plurality of individually addressable subsets of the plurality of VCSEL elements; processing circuitry to activate one or more of the individually addressable subsets of the plurality of VCSEL elements to cause the VCSEL projector to emit a plurality of infrared beams through a projection lens to form a projected pattern which is projected onto a scene, the processing circuitry to select the individually addressable subsets of the plurality of VCSEL elements based on a selected depth determination algorithm used to determine depth; stereoscopic image capture devices to capture stereoscopic imagery from the scene having the projected pattern projected thereupon; and processing circuitry to determine depth to an object in the scene, using the selected depth determination algorithm, based on the captured stereoscopic imagery from the scene having the projected pattern represented therein as projected from the VCSEL projector.