US Patent Issued to More on July 15 for "Camera array and methods of using captured images from a camera array for depth determination purposes" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,580, issued on July 15, was assigned to More Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Camera array and methods of using captured images from a camera array for depth determination purposes" was invented by Rajiv Laroia (Far Hills, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Camera arrays including multiple cameras which are spaced at various distances from one another are implemented and used. Multiple camera pairs with very different camera baselines between the cameras allows for reliable depth determinations to be made. Disparity information obtained by comparing images of a closely spaced camera pair are used to limit the search for matching image por...