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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Tatsuhiro Otsuka, Suwon-si, KR;
Jungwoo Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Heesun Yoon, Incheon, KR;
Inoh Hwang, Seongnam-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/24 (2006.01); G01C 15/00 (2006.01); G01C 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 15/002 (2013.01); G01C 3/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a distance measuring device and a method of measuring a distance. The distance measuring device detects light reflected by an object, generates an electrical signal based on the detected light, detects whether the electrical signal is saturated or not by comparing the electrical signal with a reference value, controls a magnitude of the electrical signal based on whether the signal is saturated, and calculates a distance to the object using the electrical signal.