Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Distance measuring device with increased signal-to-noise ratio and method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 具有增加的信噪比的距离测量装置及其方法
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Application No.: US13974011Application Date: 2013-08-22
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Publication No.: US09255795B2Publication Date: 2016-02-09
- Inventor: En-Feng Hsu , Yen-Min Chang
- Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.
- Applicant Address: TW Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsin-Chu
- Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
- Current Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsin-Chu
- Agent Winston Hsu; Scott Margo
- Priority: TW098141344 20091203; TW099125136 20100729
- Main IPC: G01C3/08
- IPC: G01C3/08 ; G01S7/491 ; G01S7/497 ; G01S17/08

Abstract:
A method of increasing signal-to-noise ratio of a distance-measuring device includes a light-emitting component emitting a detecting light to a measured object during an emitting period for generating a reflected light, a delay period after the light-emitting component emitting the detecting light, a light-sensing component sensing the energy of the reflected light to generate a light-sensing signal, and obtaining a measured distance between the distance-measuring device and the measured object according to the energy of the detecting light and the light-sensing signal. Since the measured distance is longer than a predetermined shortest measured distance, the method can accordingly calculate a proper delay period for ensuring that the reflected light reaches the light-sensing component after the delay period. In this way, the light-sensing component does not sense the background light during the delay period, so that the signal-to-noise ratio of the light-sensing signal is improved.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130335726A1 Distance-measuring device with increased signal-to-noise ratio and method thereof Public/Granted day:2013-12-19
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