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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2021
Filed:
May. 06, 2020
Applicant:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Ping Wah Wong, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/00 (2011.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/521 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G01S 17/08 (2006.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01); H04N 5/351 (2011.01); G06T 7/55 (2017.01); G01B 11/22 (2006.01); G01S 7/486 (2020.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/345 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/521 (2017.01); G01B 11/22 (2013.01); G01S 7/486 (2013.01); G01S 17/08 (2013.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01); G06T 7/55 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01); H04N 5/345 (2013.01); H04N 5/351 (2013.01); H04N 5/3577 (2013.01); H04N 5/36965 (2018.08); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging device includes a pixel section having a plurality of pixels, and a signal processor configured to apply control signals to the pixel section according to a Gray code coding scheme to generate a first pixel signal, a second pixel signal, and a third pixel signal based on light reflected from an object. The signal processor is configured to calculate a distance to the object based on the first pixel signal, the second pixel signal, and the third pixel signal.