The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Rachit Mohan, Stuttgart, DE;
Ward Van Der Tempel, Muizen, BE;
Assignee:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4915 (2020.01); G01S 7/4914 (2020.01); G01S 17/36 (2006.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4915 (2013.01); G01S 7/4914 (2013.01); G01S 17/36 (2013.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally pertains to a time-of-flight sensing circuitry configured to: ⋅ determine a first point of time, at which a first voltage signal () reaches a predetermined threshold (); ⋅ determine a second point of time, at which a second voltage signal () reaches the predetermined threshold (); and ⋅ determine a phase shift of detected light on the basis of a voltage difference between the first and the second voltage signal based on a time difference of the second point of time and the first point of time.