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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2018
Stmicroelectronics S.a., Montrouge, FR;
Stmicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Victor Macela, Paris, FR;
Ed Hawkins, Edinburgh, GB;
Olivier Pothier, Sceaux, FR;
Manu Alibay, Vincennes, FR;
STMICROELECTRONICS (RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT) LIMITED, Buckinghamshire, GB;
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A., Montrouge, FR;
Abstract
A method for acquiring tracking points belonging to a trajectory of a target object in motion, includes: emitting a radiation towards the target object; receiving a reflection of the radiation from the target object in respective fields of view of each detection zone of a network of detection zones; processing the reflection by determining distances separating the target object from an origin point by measuring a time of flight of the radiation in each detection zone; determining a degree of coverage of each detection zone; and estimating, based on the distances and on the degree of coverage of each detection zone, a position of a tracking point corresponding to a position of an extremity of the target object inside a respective detection zone chosen in a direction of motion of the target object.