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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Katsuyuki Sakurano, Hyogo, JP;
Toshiki Yamanaka, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/487 (2006.01); G01S 7/4863 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/487 (2013.01); G01S 7/4863 (2013.01);
Abstract
A light receiver includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions each of which includes a photoelectric conversion element configured to receive light, and a pulse generator configured to generate a pulse signal corresponding to an amount of light received by the photoelectric conversion element. The light receiver includes a plurality of bit counters each of which is configured to count the pulse signal of the pulse generator, and the plurality of bit counters are dispersed in the plurality photoelectric conversion portions.