Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Using time-of-flight and pseudo-random bit sequences to measure distance to object
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Application No.: US16973662Application Date: 2019-06-04
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Publication No.: US11994586B2Publication Date: 2024-05-28
- Inventor: Christian Mautner , Daniel Furrer , Daniele Perenzoni , Robert Kappel
- Applicant: ams AG
- Applicant Address: AT Premstaetten
- Assignee: AMS AG
- Current Assignee: AMS AG
- Current Assignee Address: AT Premstaetten
- Agency: Viering, Jentschura & Partner mbB
- Agent Robert M Bilotta, Jr.
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/064419 2019.06.04
- International Announcement: WO2019/243038A 2019.12.26
- Date entered country: 2020-12-09
- Main IPC: G01S17/08
- IPC: G01S17/08 ; G01S7/48 ; G01S7/4865 ; G01S7/487 ; G01S17/26 ; G01S17/89

Abstract:
The present disclosure describes a method and apparatus for enabling an imaging sensor to perform Time-of-Flight measurements while requiring less histogram memory and in many cases less power consumption. A light source is operated to cause multiple light emissions and a coarse/estimated distance is determined based on a first echo received based on the first light emission. A histogram is saved and a fine distance is calculated from the coarse distance and data derived from the echo of a second light emission.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210199802A1 USING TIME-OF-FLIGHT AND PSEUDO-RANDOM BIT SEQUENCES TO MEASURE DISTANCE TO OBJECT Public/Granted day:2021-07-01
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