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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2019
Applicant:
Ams Ag, Premstaetten, AT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
AMS AG, Premstaetten, AT;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/10 (2020.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/4865 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/10 (2013.01); G01S 7/4814 (2013.01); G01S 7/4816 (2013.01); G01S 7/4865 (2013.01);
Abstract
Modulated light is generated using a light source of a sensor module. Using a photodetector of the sensor module, an intensity of modulated light reflected from an object towards the photo detector is measured over a period of time. An electronic control device bins the measured intensity of the reflected modulated light according to a plurality of temporal bins, determines a first temporal bin having the greatest intensity among the plurality of temporal bins, and estimates a distance between the sensor module and the object based on a first temporal bin, and one or more additional temporal bins of the plurality of temporal bins.