PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SYSTEM, AND MOVING BODY

    公开(公告)号:US20250006769A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-02

    申请号:US18753882

    申请日:2024-06-25

    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes first and second semiconductor components. A semiconductor layer of the first semiconductor component includes a pixel array unit. First and second elements are included in a semiconductor layer different from the first semiconductor layer. At a bonding surface, first and second insulating films are bonded, and first and second metal portions are bonded. A first pixel generating a signal corresponding to brightness and the first element are connected through the first metal portion. A second pixel generating an event signal and the second element are connected through a second metal portion. A first conductor included in a first electrical path and positioned in a predetermined layer between first and fourth surfaces is provided, and a second conductor included in a second electrical path and positioned in the predetermined layer is provided. The first and second conductors are different in size.

    RANGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING RANGING DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20250067872A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-27

    申请号:US18798464

    申请日:2024-08-08

    Abstract: A ranging device includes a light receiving unit including a plurality of pixels that detects light including an irradiation light reflected by an object, a binning processing unit that converts signals of the plurality of pixels into signals of pixel blocks, an information generation unit that generates information in which each of the signals of the pixel blocks generated by the binning processing unit and a time from light emission to light detection are associated with each other, and a data transfer that transfers the plurality of signals from the light receiving unit to the binning processing unit. The data transfer unit sequentially transfers the plurality of signals received from the light receiving unit to the binning processing unit, and the binning processing unit sequentially converts the plurality of signals transferred from the data transfer unit into the signals of the pixel blocks.

    DOCUMENT CONVEYING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20230365363A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-16

    申请号:US18300599

    申请日:2023-04-14

    Inventor: SHOGO YAMASAKI

    Abstract: A document conveying apparatus is provided with a document tray, a feeding member, and a discharge tray disposed below the document tray. The document tray includes an upper tray member, a lower tray member, a movable tray member movable in a width direction orthogonal to a feeding direction of a document, a tray cover disposed to cover an underside of the movable tray member, and a driving portion. The driving portion moves the upper tray member and the movable tray member integrally to a raised position and a lowered position. The movable tray member and the tray cover are configured to be moved integrally in the width direction between a first position in which the movable tray member supports the document together with the upper tray member and a second position in which the movable tray member is retracted from the first position into below the upper tray member.

    PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240310491A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US18603711

    申请日:2024-03-13

    Inventor: SHOGO YAMASAKI

    CPC classification number: G01S7/4816 G01S7/4865 G01S17/894

    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a light receiving unit and a plurality of pixel control units. A first pixel control unit controls a first exposure period in a first pixel among a plurality of pixels based on a first exposure control signal, generates a second exposure control signal by delaying the first exposure control signal, and outputs the second exposure control signal to a second pixel control unit. When the first exposure control signal is enabled, the second pixel control unit controls a second exposure period such that a start time of the second exposure period coincides with a start time of the first exposure period. When the second exposure control signal is enabled, the second pixel control unit controls the second exposure period such that the start time of the second exposure period is later than the start time of the first exposure period.

    DOCUMENT CONVEYING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20240076154A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-07

    申请号:US18307984

    申请日:2023-04-27

    Inventor: SHOGO YAMASAKI

    Abstract: A document conveying apparatus is provided with a document tray and a discharge tray disposed below the document tray. The document tray includes an upper tray member, a lower tray member, a movable tray member, and a driving portion configured to move the upper tray member and the movable tray member integrally to a raised position and a lowered position. The movable tray member is configured to be moved in a width direction between a first position and a second position in which the movable tray member is retracted into below the upper tray member. The document tray includes a shutter configured to cover a gap created between the upper tray member and the lower tray member. The gap is created by the upper tray member and the movable tray member being moved to the raised position and the movable tray member being moved to the second position.

    PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, LIGHT DETECTION SYSTEM, AND MOBILE BODY

    公开(公告)号:US20240060819A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-22

    申请号:US18499642

    申请日:2023-11-01

    Inventor: SHOGO YAMASAKI

    CPC classification number: G01J1/44 H01L31/107 G01J2001/4466 G01J2001/442

    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an avalanche photodiode, a pulse generation unit that converts an output from the avalanche photodiode into a pulse signal, a pulse count unit that counts the pulse signal and outputs a pulse count value, a time count unit that outputs a time count value indicating a time from the start of operation of the pulse generation unit, an output unit that, when the pulse count value does not exceed a threshold value, outputs the pulse count value, and when the pulse count value exceeds the threshold value, ends counting in the pulse count unit and outputs the time count value at the time of the pulse count value exceeding the threshold value, and a threshold calculation unit that calculates the threshold value using the time count value.

    RANGING DEVICE FOR CALCULATING A FLIGHT TIME OF LIGHT EMITTED FROM AN EMITTING DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240402312A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-05

    申请号:US18671695

    申请日:2024-05-22

    Abstract: A ranging device including: a control unit controlling a light emission timing in a light emitting device divided into emitting regions and a start timing of time counting; a receiving unit divided into receiving regions corresponding one-to-one to the emitting regions; a latch unit generating a light reception time value indicating an elapsed time from the start of the time counting to incidence of light based on the time count value and light reception signals; and a calculation unit calculating a flight time of light based on the light reception time value. Light emission timings of the emitting regions are different from each other, and a time difference between two light emission timings is shorter than a measurement period in each receiving region. The calculation unit calculates the flight time based on the light reception time value and the time difference.

    RANGING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF RANGING DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240230859A9

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18483889

    申请日:2023-10-10

    CPC classification number: G01S7/4865 G01S7/4863 G01S17/14

    Abstract: A ranging device includes: a processing unit configured to operate in a first mode for outputting a signal based on incident light to a first number of photoelectric conversion elements among photoelectric conversion elements and configured to operate in a second mode for outputting a signal based on incident light to a second number of photoelectric conversion elements among the photoelectric conversion elements, the second number being different from the first number; and a time conversion unit configured to generate a signal indicating a time at which light is incident on a light receiving unit based on a time count value input from a time counting unit and a signal generated in the light receiving unit. Switching from the first mode to the second mode is performed in a period from the start of light emission to the next start of light emission of a light emitting device.

    RANGING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF RANGING DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240134017A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-25

    申请号:US18483889

    申请日:2023-10-09

    CPC classification number: G01S7/4865 G01S7/4863 G01S17/14

    Abstract: A ranging device includes: a processing unit configured to operate in a first mode for outputting a signal based on incident light to a first number of photoelectric conversion elements among photoelectric conversion elements and configured to operate in a second mode for outputting a signal based on incident light to a second number of photoelectric conversion elements among the photoelectric conversion elements, the second number being different from the first number; and a time conversion unit configured to generate a signal indicating a time at which light is incident on a light receiving unit based on a time count value input from a time counting unit and a signal generated in the light receiving unit. Switching from the first mode to the second mode is performed in a period from the start of light emission to the next start of light emission of a light emitting device.

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