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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2019
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuki Nishino, Tokyo, JP;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a time measurement apparatus which includes a pixel (PZ) that includes a light receiving element and generates a pulse signal (a pixel signal SIG) including a logic pulse on the basis of a light reception result in the light receiving element, a timing detector (a counter section) to detect a light reception timing in the light receiving element on the basis of the pulse signal, a pulse number detector (a time measurement section) to detect a pulse number of the logic pulse included in the pulse signal; and a controller to control, on the basis of the pulse number, an operation of a light source outputting a plurality of light pulses.