Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Time-of-flight imaging device, system and method
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Application No.: US15902609Application Date: 2018-02-22
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Publication No.: US10996323B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Sarrah Moiz Patanwala , Neale Dutton
- Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS (RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT) LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Marlow
- Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT) LIMITED
- Current Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT) LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Marlow
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group LLP
- Main IPC: G01C3/08
- IPC: G01C3/08 ; G01S7/4863 ; G01S17/14 ; G01S17/894 ; G01S17/931

Abstract:
A time-of-flight (TOF) imaging system includes illumination circuitry, such as a laser, one or more sensors, such as SPAD arrays, and image processing circuitry. The illumination circuitry illuminates one or more objects in an environment around the TOF imaging system. The sensors generate an image data stream based on reflections from the one or more illuminated objects, and possibly based on reflections from one or more reflectors. The image processing circuitry generates counts associated with distances based on the image data stream and possibly a reflection data stream and stores the generated counts in a histogram using a plurality of bins. Each of the plurality of bins stores counts associated with a respective distance range. A size of a bin in the plurality of bins is a function of the respective distance range, and may be based on a logarithmic function of the distance associated with the bin.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190257950A1 TIME-OF-FLIGHT IMAGING DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2019-08-22
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