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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2020
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Elad Ilan, Western Galilee, IL;
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A time-of-flight image sensor (TOF) for imaging with ambient light subtraction. In one embodiment, the TOF image sensor includes a pixel array, a control circuit, and a signal processing circuit. The signal processing circuit reads out a first data signal from respective first floating diffusions and respective second floating diffusions during a first frame while a light generator is not emitting, reads out a second data signal from the respective first floating diffusions and the respective second floating diffusions during a second frame after the first integration and after a second integration while the light generator is emitting, generate a third data signal indicative of ambient light, generate a fourth data signal indicative of the ambient light and a light signal reflected off an object, and generate a fifth data signal indicative of the light signal by subtracting the third data signal from the fourth data signal.