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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2020
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Yibing Michelle Wang, Temple City, CA (US);
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Abstract
A range sensor and a method thereof. The range sensor includes a light source configured to project a sheet of light at an angle within a field of view (FOV); an image sensor offset from the light source; collection optics; and a controller connected to the light source, the image sensor, and the collection optics, and configured to determine a range of a distant object based on direct time-of-flight and determine a range of a near object based on triangulation. The method includes projecting, by a light source, a sheet of light at an angle within an FOV; offsetting an image sensor from the light source; collecting, by collection optics, the sheet of light reflected off objects; and determining, by a controller connected to the light source, the image sensor, and the collection optics, a range of a distant object based on direct time-of-flight and a range of a near object based on triangulation simultaneously.