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Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 10, 2021
Applicant:

Egis Technology Inc., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Tung-Yu Wu, Hsinchu, TW;

Tang-Hung Po, Hsinchu, TW;

Sheng Wan, Hsinchu, TW;

Assignee:

Egis Technology Inc., Hsinchu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/00 (2020.01); G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 7/4863 (2020.01); G01S 7/4865 (2020.01); G01S 17/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/46 (2013.01); G01S 7/4808 (2013.01); G01S 7/4863 (2013.01); G01S 7/4865 (2013.01);
Abstract

A time-of-flight ranging device and a time-of-flight ranging method are provided. The time-of-flight ranging device includes a light source, a sensing array, and a time-to-digital converter. The light source sequentially emits a plurality of laser pulse signals towards a sensing target. The sensing array senses rays of reflected pulse light generated when the sensing target reflects the laser pulse signals. The time-to-digital converter performs integration operations on a plurality of sensing results of a plurality of sensing units during a plurality of consecutive ranging periods to generate a plurality of pieces of first histogram data. The control circuit performs a mathematical operation on the pieces of first histogram data to generate second histogram data. The ranging periods have delay periods among one another, such that a plurality of periods of start time of the pieces of first histogram data are sequentially delayed by a plurality of time lengths.


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