Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and arrangement for measuring the distance to an object
- Patent Title (中): 测量与物体距离的方法和装置
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Application No.: US11641965Application Date: 2006-12-20
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Publication No.: US08355117B2Publication Date: 2013-01-15
- Inventor: Cristiano Niclass
- Applicant: Cristiano Niclass
- Applicant Address: CH Lausanne
- Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
- Current Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
- Current Assignee Address: CH Lausanne
- Agency: Blank Rome LLP
- Main IPC: G01C3/08
- IPC: G01C3/08

Abstract:
Arrangement (10) for measuring the distance to an object, comprising: a photonic source for illuminating said object using a continuous modulated photonic wave, a solid-state image sensor, comprising an array of avalanche photodiodes and a plurality of circuits for processing signals output by said avalanche photodiodes to yield data depending on the photonic wave reflected by said object onto said photodiodes. The circuit may comprise a multiplexer at the pixel level arranged so as to accumulate the signal output by the avalanche photodiode during different sub-periods in different storage devices.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070182949A1 Method and arrangement for measuring the distance to an object Public/Granted day:2007-08-09
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