- Patent Title: Time-of-flight module and method to determine distance to object
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Application No.: US16769231Application Date: 2018-11-30
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Publication No.: US11774563B2Publication Date: 2023-10-03
- Inventor: Stephan Beer , Ioannis Tolios , David Stoppa , Qiang Zhang , Pablo Jesus Trujillo Serrano , Ian Kenneth Mills , Miguel Bruno Vaello Paños , Bryant Hansen , Mitchell Sterling Martin , Doug Nelson
- Applicant: ams International AG
- Applicant Address: CH Jona
- Assignee: ams International AG
- Current Assignee: ams International AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Jona
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- International Application: PCT/EP2018/083159 2018.11.30
- International Announcement: WO2019/110447A 2019.06.13
- Date entered country: 2020-06-02
- Main IPC: G01S7/4865
- IPC: G01S7/4865 ; G01S17/10 ; G01S17/48

Abstract:
A method of using an optical TOF module to determine distance to an object. The method includes acquiring signals in the TOF module indicative of distance to the object, using a first algorithm to provide an output indicative of the distance to the object based on the acquired signals, using at least one second different algorithm to provide an output indicative of the distance to the object based on the acquired signals, and combining the outputs of the first and at least one second algorithms to obtain an improved estimate of the distance to the object. In some implementations, each of the first and at least one second algorithms further provides an output representing a respective confidence level indicative of how accurately distance to the object has been extracted by the particular algorithm.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210156976A1 DISTANCE TIME-OF-FLIGHT MODULES Public/Granted day:2021-05-27
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