Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device, and solid-state imaging element used for same
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Application No.: US15946270Application Date: 2018-04-05
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Publication No.: US10686994B2Publication Date: 2020-06-16
- Inventor: Masaya Kishimoto , Haruka Takano , Junichi Matsuo
- 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
- Main IPC: H04N5/235
- IPC: H04N5/235 ; G01C3/06 ; G01S17/89 ; G01S17/10 ; G01S7/4865 ; G06T7/514 ; H04N5/355

Abstract:
An imaging device includes: a light source that applies light at a timing according to a light emission control signal; a light receiver that performs exposure to reflected light from an object at different timings according to an exposure control signal, and outputs exposure signals generated as a result of the exposure; a calculator that calculates a distance to the object; and a controller that outputs the light emission control signal and the exposure control signal for any of: modulating a length of a light emission period and an exposure period by increasing or decreasing the number of pulses of each of the light emission control signal and the exposure control signal; and modulating a repetition sequence of the light emission period and the exposure period while maintaining a phase relationship between the light emission control signal and the exposure control signal, randomly or in conformity with a specific rule.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180227475A1 IMAGING DEVICE, AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT USED FOR SAME Public/Granted day:2018-08-09
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