Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ranging device with imaging capability
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Application No.: US15169489Application Date: 2016-05-31
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Publication No.: US10267901B2Publication Date: 2019-04-23
- Inventor: Marc Drader , Pascal Mellot
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
- Applicant Address: FR Grenoble
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
- Current Assignee Address: FR Grenoble
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group LLP
- Priority: FR1560949 20151116
- Main IPC: G01S7/486
- IPC: G01S7/486 ; H01L27/144 ; G01S17/10 ; G01S17/36 ; G01S7/487 ; G01S7/491 ; G01S7/493

Abstract:
A ranging device includes an array of photon detection devices adapted to receive an optical signal reflected by an object in an image scene. First and second logic devices are adapted to respectively combine the outputs of first and second pluralities of the photon detection devices. A first range detection circuit is coupled to outputs of the first and second logic devices and a first counter is coupled to the output of the first logic device and adapted to generate a first pixel value by counting events generated by the first plurality of photon detection devices. A second counter is coupled to the output of the second logic device and is adapted to generate a second pixel value by counting events generated by the second plurality of photon detection devices. The first and second pixel values may be used in estimating a range to the object in the image scene.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170139041A1 RANGING DEVICE WITH IMAGING CAPABILITY Public/Granted day:2017-05-18
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