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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
May. 01, 2020
Applicant:
Sense Photonics, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Inventors:
Robert Henderson, Edinburgh, GB;
Hod Finkelstein, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sense Photonics, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/894 (2020.01); G01S 7/4863 (2020.01); G01S 7/4865 (2020.01); G01S 7/487 (2006.01); G01S 7/4914 (2020.01); G01S 7/493 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/4915 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/894 (2020.01); G01S 7/4863 (2013.01); G01S 7/4865 (2013.01); G01S 7/4873 (2013.01); G01S 7/4914 (2013.01); G01S 7/493 (2013.01); G06F 13/1605 (2013.01); G01S 7/4815 (2013.01); G01S 7/4816 (2013.01); G01S 7/4915 (2013.01);
Abstract
A Time of Flight (TOF) system includes an incrementing circuit and a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a plurality of detectors configured to output respective detection signals responsive to detection of a plurality of photons incident thereon and a shared memory configured to store a respective count of the photons incident on each of the plurality of detectors. The incrementing circuit is configured to update the respective count for each of the plurality of detectors in the shared memory based on the respective detection signals.