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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Kumiko Mahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/487 (2006.01); G01S 7/4865 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4876 (2013.01); G01S 7/4865 (2013.01);
Abstract
A ranging apparatus includes a photodetector including a light detecting device, a time measuring section for measuring a period of time from an emission timing at which a light source emits light to a detection timing at which the light detecting device detects the light, thereby acquiring measured values, a generating section for generating a histogram of the measured values, and a calculating section for calculating the distance up to a measurand on the basis of the histogram. The generating section generates the histogram on the basis of plural measuring conditions.