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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 13, 2020
Applicant:

Sensors Unlimited, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);

Inventors:

John Liobe, New York, NY (US);

Rui Zhu, Princeton, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Sensors Unlimited, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/487 (2006.01); G01S 7/4861 (2020.01); G01S 7/4865 (2020.01); G01S 17/10 (2020.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4873 (2013.01); G01S 7/4861 (2013.01); G01S 7/4865 (2013.01); G01S 17/10 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01);
Abstract

A pixel system for an imaging device can include one or more pixels comprising a pulse trigger assembly configured to detect a pulse at one or more threshold voltages, a timer system forming part of and/or connected to the one or more pixels, the timer system comprising one or more trigger switches. The pulse trigger assembly can be configured to activate the one or more trigger switches in response to detecting the pulse at the one or more threshold values. The pixel system can include a time-of-flight (TOF) module operatively connected to the one or more pixels and/or the timer system to determine a TOF based on an output from the timer system while simultaneously performing either or both passive imaging and asynchronous laser pulse detection.


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