Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Phase anti-aliasing using spread-spectrum techniques in an optical distance measurement system
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Application No.: US15834178Application Date: 2017-12-07
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Publication No.: US10852402B2Publication Date: 2020-12-01
- Inventor: Subhash Chandra Venkata Sadhu , Bharath Patil , Jaiganesh Balakrishnan
- Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent John R. Pessetto; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: G01S7/4865
- IPC: G01S7/4865 ; G01S17/89 ; G01S7/484 ; G01S7/486 ; G01S17/10 ; G01S7/4911 ; G01S17/34

Abstract:
A three dimensional time of flight (TOF) camera includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter is configured to generate an electrical transmit signal at a plurality of frequencies over an integration time period and generate a transmit optical waveform corresponding with the electrical transmit signal. The receiver is configured to receive a reflected optical waveform that is the transmit optical waveform reflected off of an object, integrate the reflected optical waveform over the integration time period, and determine a distance to the target object based on a TOF of the optical waveform. The integration time period includes exposure time periods. A length of each of the exposure time periods corresponds to one of the frequencies. The TOF is determined based on a correlation of the electrical transmit signal and the return optical waveform utilizing a correlation function with respect to the integration time period.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190178993A1 PHASE ANTI-ALIASING USING SPREAD-SPECTRUM TECHNIQUES IN AN OPTICAL DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2019-06-13
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