Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Signal generation apparatus
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Application No.: US16478961Application Date: 2018-10-25
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Publication No.: US11543525B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Yohtaro Yasu , Nobuhiko Shigyo
- Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa
- Agency: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
- Priority: JPJP2017-245946 20171222
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/039683 WO 20181025
- International Announcement: WO2019/123828 WO 20190627
- Main IPC: G01S17/10
- IPC: G01S17/10 ; G01S17/89 ; G01S17/894 ; G01S7/4865 ; G01S17/36

Abstract:
To provide a signal generation apparatus that is used in a ToF camera system especially adopting an indirect system and can suppress occurrence of erroneous distance measurement caused by distance measurement of a same target by a plurality of cameras with a simple configuration.
There is provided a signal generation apparatus including a first pulse generator configured to generate a pulse to be supplied to a light source that irradiates light upon a distance measurement target, a second pulse generator configured to generate a pulse to be supplied to a pixel that receives the light reflected by the distance measurement target, and a signal generation section configured to generate a pseudo-random signal for inverting a phase of signals to be generated by the first pulse generator and the second pulse generator.
There is provided a signal generation apparatus including a first pulse generator configured to generate a pulse to be supplied to a light source that irradiates light upon a distance measurement target, a second pulse generator configured to generate a pulse to be supplied to a pixel that receives the light reflected by the distance measurement target, and a signal generation section configured to generate a pseudo-random signal for inverting a phase of signals to be generated by the first pulse generator and the second pulse generator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210325535A1 SIGNAL GENERATION APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-10-21
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