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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2023
Applicant:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Hideshi Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/4863 (2020.01); G01S 7/4865 (2020.01); G01S 17/08 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4816 (2013.01); G01S 7/4808 (2013.01); G01S 7/4811 (2013.01); G01S 7/4863 (2013.01); G01S 7/4865 (2013.01); G01S 17/08 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01);
Abstract
A distance measurement device according to the present disclosure includes: a laser irradiation unit that irradiates a measurement target with laser light; and a laser light receiving unit including a light receiving element that receives the laser light reflected by the measurement target on a pixel-by-pixel basis. Furthermore, the pitch of the unit pixels of the light receiving element varies with location in a light receiving pixel area. A mobile apparatus according to the present disclosure is equipped with a distance measurement device having the above configuration.