Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Time-of-flight sensor and control method thereof
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Application No.: US16674007Application Date: 2019-11-05
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Publication No.: US11768277B2Publication Date: 2023-09-26
- Inventor: Kuan Tang , Kai-Chieh Chuang , Chia-Chi Kuo , Jui-Te Chiu
- Applicant: PixArt Imaging Incorporation
- Applicant Address: TW HsinChu
- Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INCORPORATION
- Current Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INCORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Tung & Associates
- Main IPC: G01S7/4861
- IPC: G01S7/4861 ; G01S17/10 ; G01S17/89

Abstract:
A time-of-flight sensor for capturing a three-dimensional (3D) image of an object, includes: a light source for emitting projection light pulses at the object according to a projection signal; an array of pixel circuits for sensing reflection light pulses and storing image charges according to the reflection light pulses; and a processing circuit for calculating a first sum of first portions of the image charges and a second sum of second portions of the image charges to generate a distance information signal of the 3D image of the object simultaneously, wherein in one accumulation period, the first portion of the image charges is generated during a first time period, and the second portion of the image charges is generated during a second time period, wherein the second time period is directly following the first time period in the accumulation period.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210132198A1 TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2021-05-06
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