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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Cheng-Yi Andrew Lin, Mountain View, CA (US);
Clemenz Portmann, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/02 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); G01S 7/491 (2006.01); G01S 17/36 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01); G01S 7/497 (2006.01); H04N 13/254 (2018.01); H04N 13/271 (2018.01); H04N 13/286 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14634 (2013.01); G01S 7/497 (2013.01); G01S 7/4915 (2013.01); G01S 7/4918 (2013.01); G01S 17/36 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); H01L 27/14618 (2013.01); H04N 13/254 (2018.05); H04N 13/271 (2018.05); H04N 13/286 (2018.05);
Abstract
An apparatus is described that includes an image sensor and a light source driver circuit having configuration register space to receive information pertaining to a command to simulate a distance between a light source and an object that is different than an actual distance between the light source and the object.