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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Inventor:
Hideki Sato, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/487 (2006.01); G01S 17/10 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4876 (2013.01); G01S 17/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A TOF sensor includes: a light-emitting element that emits light in accordance with reference pulses; a first light-receiving unit that outputs pulses in response to light incident thereon; a first digital computation unit that calculates the number of third output pulses of the first light-receiving unit in response to reflected light incident thereon; and a distance computation unit that calculates the distance from this device to the object if the number of third output pulses is greater than a first reference value.