The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 43 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. In this particular report we cover another single patent that relates to an advanced projection system with depth sensors.
Apple has been granted a patent today for their invention relating to image processing systems and, more specifically, to depth sensing in combination with image processing for keystoning.
It appears that Apple has a team focused on all manner of projection systems. One of Apple's engineers by the name of Aaron Leiba that is listed as an inventor on this patent was also behind a mysterious high level projection system project that the patent filing described as being the Next Great Thing.
An issue that is common to many image projection systems is image distortion. An image projection system that is placed at a non-right angle with respect to the projection screen may result in distortion of the projected image on the projection screen. For example, the image for projection may be a square, but the projected image on the projection screen may appear to the viewers as a trapezoid, may appear elongated and so on. Correcting image distortion is referred to as "keystone correction" or "keystoning." Apple's granted patent presents a solution to this problem.
Interesting...how Apple was granted a new patent that revolves around image processing. Well it sounds more like a mystery, to not only the viewer but nonetheless this is a great invention. Image distortion has been a troubled road with nearly every camera and this could further escalate Apple even more.