Patent Document ID: 10066933
Application ID: 14703649
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method, performed at an apparatus having a projector, a camera, one or more processors, and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, the method comprising: identifying one or more areas of interest in a scene in accordance with variation of depth in the scene as detected at a first resolution; and for each area of interest of the one or more areas of interest: applying, via the projector, a respective structured-light pattern to the area of interest; capturing, via the camera, an image of the area of interest with the respective structured-light pattern applied to it; and creating a respective depth map of the area of interest using the image of the area of interest with the respective structured-light pattern applied to it, the respective depth map having a higher resolution than the first resolution; for a particular area of interest of the one or more areas of interest: performing two or more iterations of the applying, the capturing, and the creating to generate one or more additional depth maps of the particular area of interest; and varying the respective structured light-pattern applied to the particular area of interest for each iteration of the two or more iterations.