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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2022
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Luca Cutrignelli, Brussels, BE;
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A control for a time-of-flight sensor, the time-of-flight sensor including a plurality of pixels configured to perform photoelectric conversion, the control comprising circuitry configured to: operate the time-of-flight sensor in a continuous exposure mode in which the plurality of pixels performs photoelectric conversion during a continuous exposure time interval and control read-out of the plurality of pixels after the continuous exposure time interval; and operate the time-of-flight sensor in a split exposure mode, in response to a detected saturation of pixels of the plurality of pixels, in which the plurality of pixels performs photoelectric conversion during each of a plurality of split exposure time intervals and control read-out of the plurality of pixels after each of the plurality of split exposure time intervals, wherein a length of each of the plurality of split exposure time intervals is shorter than the length of the continuous exposure time interval.
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