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Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 25, 2020
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Muncheon Kang, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Kwanghyuk Bae, Seoul, KR;

Hayoung Ko, Seoul, KR;

Duckchan Seo, Yongin-si, KR;

Chulwoong Lee, Changwon-si, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/08 (2006.01); G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 7/497 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/497 (2013.01); G01S 7/4808 (2013.01); G01S 17/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of calibrating errors in a time-of-flight (ToF) sensor includes illuminating a test object with a transmission light that is modulated based on a modulation signal; generating, using a buffer chain circuit, a plurality of demodulation signals having different local delay phases; providing a plurality of measured phase differences by providing the plurality of demodulation signals to a plurality of pixel groups included in a ToF sensor to sample a reception light reflected from the test object based on the plurality of demodulation signals; determining a wiggling error based on the plurality of measured phase differences, the wiggling error depending on a phase difference between the transmission light and the reception light; and calibrating a measured distance from the ToF sensor to a target object based on the wiggling error.


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