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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
May. 22, 2020
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
Distance measuring is disclosed. In one example, a distance measuring sensor includes a light receiving unit that receives reflected light obtained by reflection of irradiation light emitted from a predetermined light emitting source by an object; a depth calculation unit that calculates distance information to the object and luminance information from a signal obtained by the light receiving unit; and a detection processing unit that executes a predetermined detection process by using at least one of the distance information or the luminance information in accordance with a current operation mode selected from among a plurality of operation modes, and outputs a result of a detection process to the outside together with the distance information and the luminance information.