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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2018
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation, Minato-ku, JP;
Hiroshi Kubota, Fussa, JP;
Tomonori Fukushima, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobu Matsumoto, Ebina, JP;
Saki Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Minato-ku, JP;
TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION, Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
A distance measuring device according to an embodiment includes a weight value generator, a cumulative signal generator, and a distance measurer. The weight value generator generates, on the basis of similarity between a first digital signal obtained by digitizing reflected light of laser light irradiated in a first irradiation direction and a second digital signal obtained by digitizing reflected light of laser light irradiated in a second irradiation direction different from the first irradiation direction, a weight value of the second digital signal. The cumulative signal generator accumulates, on the first digital signal, a signal obtained by weighting the second digital signal with the weight value and generates a third digital signal. The distance measurer measures a distance to a target object on the basis of a time difference between irradiation timing of the laser light and timing of a peak position in the third digital signal.