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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2017
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method of acquiring distance information about a subject is provided. The method may include: determining a number of a plurality of lights to be emitted to the subject; emitting the determined number of the plurality of lights to the subject; modulating the plurality of lights returning from the subject; determining a weight based on at least one of the plurality of lights emitted to the subject and an emission order of the plurality of lights; and acquiring distance information about the subject by applying the weight to each of the modulated plurality of lights. According to the method, an error is efficiently reduced based on the number of the plurality of lights projected onto the subject.