Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Absolute distance measurement for time-of-flight sensors
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Application No.: US15728596Application Date: 2017-10-10
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Publication No.: US10677922B2Publication Date: 2020-06-09
- Inventor: Carl Meinherz , Martin Hardegger , Manfred Stein , Danilo Dorizzi
- Applicant: Rockwell Automation Safety AG
- Applicant Address: CH Landquart
- Assignee: Rockwell Automotive Safety AG
- Current Assignee: Rockwell Automotive Safety AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Landquart
- Agency: Amin, Turocy & Watson, LLP
- Main IPC: G01C3/08
- IPC: G01C3/08 ; G01S17/08 ; G01C3/32 ; G01S17/10 ; G01S17/36 ; G01S17/48 ; G01S17/87 ; G01S17/89 ; G01S7/497 ; G01S17/86

Abstract:
A time-of-flight (TOF) sensor device is provided with features for correcting distance measurement offset errors caused by such factors as temperature, dynamic reflectivity ranges of objects in the viewing space, or other factors. In various embodiments, the TOF sensor device generates corrected distance values based on comparison of two different distance values measured for an object by two different measurement techniques, including but not limited to phase shift measurement, pulsed TOF measurement, distance measurement based on the focal length of the TOF sensor's lens, and comparison of distance variations with light intensity variations. In addition, some embodiments of the TOF sensor device perform self-calibration using internal waveguides or parasitic reflections as distance references.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180059245A1 ABSOLUTE DISTANCE MEASUREMENT FOR TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSORS Public/Granted day:2018-03-01
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