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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2022
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shintaro Maekawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/4861 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G01S 7/4816 (2013.01); G01S 7/4861 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01);
Abstract
A device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a photodiode, a generation circuit that generates a detection pulse based on an output generated by incidence of photon on the photodiode, a counter that counts the detection pulse and outputs a count value of a plurality of bits, and a determination circuit that outputs a determination signal indicating that the count value exceeds a predetermined threshold value based on a transition of any one bit of the counter.