- Patent Title: Distance measurement device and reliability determination method
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Application No.: US17154778Application Date: 2021-01-21
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Publication No.: US12078722B2Publication Date: 2024-09-03
- Inventor: Seiji Nakamura
- Applicant: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION JAPAN
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION JAPAN
- Current Assignee: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION JAPAN
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: Rimon P.C.
- Main IPC: G01S17/10
- IPC: G01S17/10 ; G01S7/481 ; G01S7/484 ; G01S7/486 ; G01S17/894 ; H04N23/73

Abstract:
A distance measurement device includes: an emission and exposure controller which controls emission timing and an emission period of irradiation light for an emitter and controls exposure timing and an exposure period of reflected light for a solid-state image sensor; and a data processor which includes a calculator that calculates distance data and light intensity data based on signals of pixels outputted by a light receiver. The emission and exposure controller controls the exposure timing to perform exposure to reflected light from a first distance and not to perform exposure to reflected light from a second distance longer than the first distance in a distance measurement range. The data processor includes a determination unit which determines reliability of the distance data in accordance with a signal amount of the light intensity data for each of the pixels.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210141090A1 DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND RELIABILITY DETERMINATION METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-05-13
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