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Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2019
Applicant:

National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Chia-Ming Tsai, Hsinchu, TW;

Yu-Wei Chen, Taichung, TW;

Yung-Chien Liu, New Taipei, TW;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4865 (2020.01); G01S 17/933 (2020.01); G01S 17/32 (2020.01); G01S 7/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4865 (2013.01); G01S 7/4808 (2013.01); G01S 17/32 (2013.01); G01S 17/933 (2013.01);
Abstract

A distance measuring device includes a pulsed laser source, a light receiving unit and a computing module. The pulsed laser source emits a laser pulse to a target in accordance with a predetermined period. The light receiving unit has a photon receiving type of light receiving element that receives incident light and outputs a binary pulse, and the binary pulse is used to indicate whether a photon receiving event occurs. The computing module is configured to receive the binary pulse and determine whether an inter-period coincidence event occurs, and the inter-period coincidence event is defined by detecting a plurality of photon receiving events exceeding a predetermined count, on relative positions in a predetermined period number of the predetermined periods. If the calculation module determines that the inter-period coincidence event occurs, a distance of the target is calculated according to time information related to the inter-period coincidence event.


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