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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 20, 2020
Applicant:

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventor:

Kazuki Ohashi, Kanagawa, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/36 (2006.01); G01B 11/02 (2006.01); G01C 3/06 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/36 (2013.01); G01B 11/026 (2013.01); G01C 3/06 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01);
Abstract

A distance measurement device according to the present disclosure includes: a light detection unit that receives light from a subject; a depth calculation section that calculates depth information of the subject on the basis of an output of the light detection unit; and an artifact removal section that divides an image into respective segments on the basis of the depth information and validates a segment of the respective segments in which a number of pixels exceeds a predetermined threshold and invalidates a segment in which the number of pixels is less than or equal to the predetermined threshold.


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