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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jae-hyeon Yoo, Yongin-si, KR;
Sung-do Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Moon-sik Jeong, Seongnam-si, KR;
Hyun-soo Choi, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
Provided are a low-power ultrasound sensor that detects whether an object exists at a high speed, an object detecting method of the ultrasound sensor, and a computer-readable storage medium. The ultrasound sensor may include: a transmitter that outputs a plurality of first ultrasound beams having different frequencies; a receiver that receives a first reflection signal that is output when the output plurality of first ultrasound beams are reflected from an object; and a controller that determines a first area in a space, controls the transmitter to respectively output the plurality of first ultrasound beams to a plurality of first sub-areas that are included in the first area, and determines whether the object is included in each of the plurality of first sub-areas, based on the first reflection signal.