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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2017
Nikon Vision Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takehito Nonomura, Nishitama-gun, JP;
NIKON VISION CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A distance detection apparatus includes: a detection unit which detects a time until when an output light is received by a light receiving unit; a computation unit which computes a distance to a detection target by using the time detected by the detection unit; an obtaining unit which obtains a predetermined range which is a range prone to a detection error due to a fog; and a determination unit which determines whether the distance to the detection target computed by the computation unit is included in the predetermined range.
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