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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1997
Minoru Takasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Yukihiro Matsumoto, Kawaguchi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a distance measuring apparatus for measuring the distance to an object on the basis of reflected light obtained as a result of projecting light toward the object, in the case of an active distance measurement operation, the flickering frequency of a light beam projected from a light projection unit (B) toward the object (A) is prolonged within the range in which charges obtained by a signal charge supply unit (C) are not saturated in a circulating shift register (E). When the flickering period is longer than a predetermined period, a distance measurement operation inhibition unit (L) inhibits transition to a passive distance measurement operation.