Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Higher pixel density histogram time of flight sensor with higher pixel density
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Application No.: US17091153Application Date: 2020-11-06
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Publication No.: US11644573B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: John Kevin Moore , Neale Dutton , Jeffrey M. Raynor
- 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: Crowe & Dunlevy
- Priority: EP 158194 2017.02.27
- Main IPC: G01S17/26
- IPC: G01S17/26 ; G01S7/4865 ; G01S17/894 ; G01S17/89 ; G01C3/08 ; G01S17/36

Abstract:
A distance from an apparatus to at least one object is determined by generating a first signal and generating light modulated by the first signal to be emitted from the apparatus. Light reflected by the at least one object is detected using a Time-of-flight detector array, wherein each array element of the Time-of-flight detector array generates an output signal from a series of photon counts over a number of consecutive non-overlapping time periods. The output signals are compared to the first signal to determine at least one signal phase difference. From this at least one signal phase difference a distance from the apparatus to the at least one object is determined.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210080576A1 HIGHER PIXEL DENSITY HISTOGRAM TIME OF FLIGHT SENSOR WITH HIGHER PIXEL DENSITY Public/Granted day:2021-03-18
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