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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2022
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Dong Jin Lee, Icheon-si, KR;
Hyung June Yoon, Icheon-si, KR;
SK HYNIX INC., Icheon-si, KR;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus may include a first time of flight (ToF) sensor configured to calculate a distance to a target object using the time difference between a reference pulse time at which a modulated light signal is irradiated and a pulse sensing time at which a reflected modulated light signal, reflected from the target object and incident thereon, is sensed, a second ToF sensor configured to calculate the distance to the target object using a phase difference between the modulated light signal and the reflected modulated light signal, and a controller configured to enable any one of the first and second ToF sensors, based on first pixel data which the first ToF sensor generates to sense the reflected modulated light signal.