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Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 17, 2020
Applicants:

Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Kei Nakagawa, Tokyo, JP;

Katsuhiko Hanzawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G01S 7/4914 (2020.01); G01S 7/4915 (2020.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 25/77 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G01S 7/4914 (2013.01); G01S 7/4915 (2013.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01); H01L 27/146 (2013.01); H04N 25/77 (2023.01);
Abstract

Provided is a sensing system that includes a light emitting section, a predetermined number of pixels, a solid-state imaging element, and a counting section. In the solid-state imaging element, the light emitting section emits irradiation light in synchronization with a light emission control signal having a higher frequency than a vertical synchronization signal. Each of the predetermined number of pixels generates a pulse signal by photoelectric conversion and the counting section counts a number of pulse signals in synchronization with each of the light emission control signal and the vertical synchronization signal.


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