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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2012
Applicants:
Priyanka Kumar, Eindhoven, NL;
Robert Staszewski, PA Delft, NL;
Edoardo Charbon, The Hague, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
FASTREE 3D BV, The Hague, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/24 (2006.01); H03M 1/00 (2006.01); G01T 1/164 (2006.01); G04F 10/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/002 (2013.01); G01B 11/24 (2013.01); G01T 1/1647 (2013.01); G04F 10/005 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 13/02 (2013.01); H04N 2213/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
3D imager including at least one pixel, each pixel including a photodetector for detecting photon incidence and a time-to-digital converter system configured for referencing the photon incidence to a reference clock, and further including a reference clock generator provided for generating the reference clock, wherein the reference clock generator is configured for adjusting the frequency of the reference clock on the basis of an estimated time up to a subsequent photon incidence.