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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2020
Miraxia Edge Technology Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Nobutaka Nakamae, Osaka, JP;
Yuki Minami, Osaka, JP;
Wataru Matsumoto, Osaka, JP;
Mitsuhiko Otani, Hyogo, JP;
Junichi Matsuo, Osaka, JP;
Takuya Asano, Hyogo, JP;
Haruka Takano, Osaka, JP;
Shigeru Saitou, Kyoto, JP;
Shinzo Koyama, Osaka, JP;
Toshiya Fujii, Shiga, JP;
MIRAXIA EDGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A ranging device includes: a pulse generator; a controller that controls the pulse generator according to n (n is an integer greater than or equal to 4) types of packet generation codes indicating whether or not to expose or emit light in each of unit segments corresponding to distance segments into which a ranging range is divided; a light source; a solid-state image capturer; and a distance calculator that calculates the distance based on n types of signal values per unit segment obtained from the solid-state image capturer.