Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Distance measuring system and imaging sensor
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Application No.: US14965520Application Date: 2015-12-10
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Publication No.: US10048356B2Publication Date: 2018-08-14
- Inventor: Haruka Takano
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JP2013-133672 20130626
- Main IPC: G01S7/48
- IPC: G01S7/48 ; G01S7/497 ; G01S17/89 ; G01S17/10 ; G01S7/486

Abstract:
A TOF (time of flight) type distance measuring system of high accuracy is provided. The distance measuring system includes: a light source unit for emitting light at a timing indicated by an emission signal; a light receiving unit for acquiring RAW data for each pixel from an imaging sensor, by exposing the imaging sensor to the light reflected from an object at a timing indicated by an exposure signal; a TOF calculation unit for supplying a TOF signal indicating the distance from each pixel to the object that is calculated based on the RAW data; a detection unit for detecting the difference between a standard value and the TOF signal for a standard pixel on the imaging sensor, and generating a phase control signal and a fine adjustment signal in accordance with the difference; a correction unit for correcting the TOF signal on the basis of the fine adjustment signal, and outputting the correction result as distance information for each pixel; and a control unit for controlling the phase shift of at least one of the emission signal and the exposure signal on the basis of the phase control signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160097844A1 DISTANCE MEASURING SYSTEM AND IMAGING SENSOR Public/Granted day:2016-04-07
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