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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2024
Stmicroelectronics International N.v., Geneva, CH;
Neale Dutton, Edinburgh, GB;
Pascal Mellot, Lans en Vercors, FR;
Herve Thuaire, Saint Martin d'heres, FR;
Kenneth Dargan, Edinburgh, GB;
STMicroelectronics International N.V., Geneva, CH;
Abstract
According to an embodiment, a method to mitigate target wraparound in time-of-flight is proposed. The method includes extending the system's pulse interval to include predetermined and dynamic blanking times. The dynamic blanking time is increased by an offset at each successive pulse. The dynamic blanking time is reset in response to reaching a predetermined dynamic blanking time. The dynamic blanking time is initially set to zero. The method further includes processing events within an active window to measure a time interval between the transmission of a pulse and the receipt of a reflected pulse from an object. The duration of the active window is equal to the duration of the initial pulse interval. The method further includes ignoring events within an inactive window, a duration of the inactive window corresponding to the duration of the extended pulse interval minus the duration of the active window.
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