Patent Document ID: 10007994
Application ID: 14998267
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A depth camera comprising: a Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser projector (VCSEL projector) to emit a plurality of infrared beams; a moveable lens to control the focus of the plurality of infrared beams emitted from the VCSEL projector, wherein the plurality of infrared beams are projected through the moveable lens to form a projected pattern projected onto a scene; stereoscopic image capture devices to capture stereoscopic imagery from the scene having the projected pattern projected thereupon; and a processing circuitry to determine depth to an object in the scene based on the captured stereoscopic imagery from the scene having the projected pattern represented therein as projected from the VCSEL projector, wherein the projected pattern dynamically changes from a first projected pattern on the scene to a second projected pattern on the scene to determine the depth to the object.