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- Patent Title: Distance measurement apparatus with detection timing correction
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Application No.: US16720553Application Date: 2019-12-19
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Publication No.: US11662442B2Publication Date: 2023-05-30
- Inventor: Akifumi Ueno , Takehiro Hata , Shinji Kashiwada
- Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Kariya
- Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kariya
- Agency: Maschoff Brennan
- Priority: JP 2017122287 2017.06.22 JP 2018111123 2018.06.11
- Main IPC: G01S7/4861
- IPC: G01S7/4861 ; G01S17/08 ; H01L31/02 ; G01S7/497 ; G01S17/89

Abstract:
An optical distance measurement apparatus that measures a distance using a round-trip time of light to an object includes an irradiator, a plurality of SPADs, a plurality of signal output units, a response number detector, a timing identifier, and a timing corrector. The response number detector detects a response number representing the number of responding one of the SPADs based on a pulse signal. The timing identifier identifies a temporary timing based on a state of variation in the response number along a time series and identifies a detection timing representing a timing when the optical distance measurement apparatus detects light in accordance with the temporary timing. The timing corrector acquires a correction time representing a time difference between the temporary timing and a true timing corresponding to a distance to an object and sets a timing corrected from the temporary timing by the correction time as the detection timing.
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