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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2012
Method for dynamically adjusting the operating parameters of a tof camera according to vehicle speed
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
Dong-Ik Ko, McKinney, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/06 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/89 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for adjusting the modulating frequency and the intensity of the IR illumination of a Time of Flight measurement system proportionally to the speed of movement and the ambient light level of the TOF system, thus adjusting the range of vision of the system dependent on speed. In an alternate embodiment the modulating frequency of a TOF measurement system is periodically adjusted to cover a larger range of vision of the TOF.