US Patent Issued to Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives on Feb. 10 for "Device of acquisition of a 2D image and of a depth image of a scene" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,895, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (Paris).

"Device of acquisition of a 2D image and of a depth image of a scene" was invented by Francois Ayel (Grenoble, France), Yvon Cazaux (Grenoble, France), Gaelle Palmigiani (Grenoble, France) and Alexis Rochas (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device of acquisition of a depth image and of a 2D image of a scene, including depth photosites and capacitors, each depth photosite including a photodiode capable of detecting a reflected light signal, and at least one sense node coupled to the photodiode by a single tr...