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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/10 (2020.01); G01S 7/4865 (2020.01); G01C 3/06 (2006.01); G01S 7/4861 (2020.01); G01S 7/487 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/10 (2013.01); G01C 3/06 (2013.01); G01S 7/4818 (2013.01); G01S 7/4861 (2013.01); G01S 7/4865 (2013.01); G01S 7/4873 (2013.01);
Abstract
A distance measurement apparatus including at least one measurement unit, in which the measurement unit includes: a voltage level converter that applies an arbitrary bias to a voltage obtained on the basis of an output from a light receiver to offset a level of the voltage; an amplifier that amplifies a voltage output from the voltage level converter; and a measurement section that measures a timing at which an output from the amplifier reaches a predetermined threshold.