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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2008
Peter Kiesel, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Markus Beck, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joerg Martini, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Bassler, Erlangen, DE;
Noble M. Johnson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Peter Kiesel, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Markus Beck, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joerg Martini, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Bassler, Erlangen, DE;
Noble M. Johnson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An encoder/sensor can obtain sensing results from objects in an encoding/sensing region; a trigger detector can respond to objects in a trigger detection region, providing respective trigger signals; and a relative motion component can cause relative motion of objects into the trigger detection region, from it into the encoding/sensing region, and within the encoding/sensing region. In response to an object's trigger signal, control circuitry can cause the encoder/sensor and/or the relative motion component to operate so that the encoder/sensor obtains sensing results indicating a time-varying waveform and processing circuitry can obtain data from the sensing results indicating a time-varying waveform. The time-varying waveform can include information resulting from the relative motion within the encoding/sensing region. The encoder/sensor and trigger detector can be implemented, for example, with discrete components or as sets of cells in a photosensing array on an integrated circuit.