Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Time-resolving image sensor for range measurement and 2D greyscale imaging
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Application No.: US16140529Application Date: 2018-09-24
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Publication No.: US11294039B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Yibing Michelle Wang , Lilong Shi , Ilia Ovsiannikov
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Renaissance IP Law Group LLP
- Main IPC: G01S7/4863
- IPC: G01S7/4863 ; G04F10/00 ; G01S17/89 ; G01S7/4865

Abstract:
An image sensor includes a time-resolving sensor and a processor. The time-resolving sensor outputs a first signal and a second signal pair in response detecting one or more photons that have been reflected from an object. A first ratio of a magnitude of the first signal to a sum of the magnitude of the first signal and a magnitude of the second signal is proportional to a time of flight of the one or more detected photons. A second ratio of the magnitude of the second signal to the sum of the magnitude of the first signal and the magnitude of the second signal is proportional to the time of flight of the one or more detected photons. The processor determines a surface reflectance of the object where the light pulse has been reflected based on the first signal and the second signal pair and may generate a grayscale image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200033456A1 TIME-RESOLVING IMAGE SENSOR FOR RANGE MEASUREMENT AND 2D GREYSCALE IMAGING Public/Granted day:2020-01-30
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