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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2020
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiro Koyama, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
The present technology relates to a ranging system, a drive method, and an electronic device that are capable of measuring distances to multiple objects at different distances in a single screen. Provided are a ranging system, a drive method, and an electronic device that are capable of measuring distances to multiple objects at different distances in a single screen. The ranging system includes a lighting device for irradiating, of multiple divided areas obtained by dividing an entire area where irradiation is allowed, two or more divided areas that correspond to some portions of the entire area with irradiation light, and a ranging sensor for receiving reflected light that is the irradiation light reflected from an object. The ranging sensor drives only some portions of an entire light- receiving area that correspond to the two or more divided areas, to receive the reflected light. The present technology is applicable to, for example, ranging modules for measuring distances to objects.
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