TIME-RESOLVING SENSOR USING SPAD + PPD OR CAPACITORS IN PIXEL FOR RANGE MEASUREMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20230296772A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-21

    申请号:US18203634

    申请日:2023-05-30

    CPC classification number: G01S17/10 G01S7/4863 G01S7/4865 G01S17/894 G01S17/89

    Abstract: A time-resolving sensor includes a single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD), a logic circuit and differential time-to-charge converter (DTCC) circuit. The SPAD is responsive to a shutter signal to generate an output signal based on detecting an incident photon. The logic circuit generates first and second enable signals. The DTCC includes a capacitor device, first and second switching devices, and an output circuit. The first switching device is responsive to the first enable signal to transfer a charge on the capacitor device to the first floating diffusion. The second switching device is responsive to the second enable signal to transfer a remaining charge on the capacitor device to the second floating diffusion. The output circuit outputs a first voltage that is based on the first charge on the first floating diffusion and a second voltage that is based on the second charge on the second floating diffusion.

    LIDAR ADAPTIVE SINGLE-PASS HISTOGRAMMING FOR LOW POWER LIDAR SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230221419A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-13

    申请号:US17865126

    申请日:2022-07-14

    CPC classification number: G01S7/4865 G01S17/10

    Abstract: Disclosed is a single pass light detection and ranging (LiDAR) laser method, including building a coarse histogram, detecting a first peak of laser pulses in the coarse histogram, determining whether the first peak height is greater than a first threshold and a location of the first peak is less than or equal to a second threshold, when determining that the first peak height is greater than the first threshold and the location of the first peak is less than or equal to the second threshold, building a fine histogram, and detecting a peak of laser pulses in the fine histogram, and when determining that the first peak height is less than or equal to the first threshold and the location of the first peak is greater than the second threshold, continuing the building of the coarse histogram, and detecting a second peak of the laser pulses in the coarse histogram.

    VIRTUAL TRAINER ON MOBILE/IOT DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20230130555A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-27

    申请号:US17564195

    申请日:2021-12-28

    Abstract: A virtual training system and method are disclose. The system includes two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) image sensors, a biometric data sensor, a processor, and an output device. The 2D image sensor senses a 2D image of a user, and the 3D image sensor senses a 3D image of the user including a movement of the user. The biometric data sensor senses at least one biometric characteristic of the user. The processor generates feedback information in real time during a session relating to movement of the user compared to a standard form movement, which may be an exercise movement, a dance movement, a martial arts movement, or a physical therapy movement. Feedback is provided by the output device as an image of the user captured by at least one of the 2D image sensor and the 3D image sensor overlayed on an instructor avatar, which illustrates the standard form movement.

    METHODS AND SYSTEM OF ENHANCED NEAR-INFRARED LIGHT ABSORPTION OF IMAGING SYSTEMS USING METASURFACES AND NANOSTRUCTURES

    公开(公告)号:US20220359772A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-10

    申请号:US17703961

    申请日:2022-03-24

    Abstract: A pixel for an imaging sensor is disclosed that includes a photodetector and a metasurface. The photodetector includes a first surface and sidewalls that extend into the photodetector in a first direction from the first surface. The metasurface is formed on the first surface and includes nanostructures that bend a predetermined range of wavelengths of light at least 70 degrees in opposing angles from a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first surface, and a standing wave pattern forms in an active region of the pixel. The predetermined range of wavelengths of light includes 700 nm to 1100 nm inclusive. In one embodiment, the pixel is a silicon-based photodetector, a thickness of the pixel in the first direction is less than or equal to 5 μm, and the pixel absorbs at least 20% of a power of the predetermined range of wavelengths of light.

    HUMAN ID FOR MOBILE AUTHENTICATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220164427A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-26

    申请号:US17669353

    申请日:2022-02-10

    Abstract: A computing device includes a system that authenticates a user of the computing device. A first sensor obtains a first representation of a physical characteristic of the user that is compared to a registered representation of the physical characteristic of the user. A first level of access to the computing device is enabled based on the first representation of the physical characteristic matching the second representation of the physical characteristic. A second sensor obtains a first representation of a liveness characteristic of the user that indicates that the user is alive. The first representation of the liveness characteristic is compared to a registered representation of the liveness characteristic of the user. A second level of access to the computing device is enabled based on the first representation of the liveness characteristic of the user matching the second representation of the liveness characteristic of the user.

    PROGRESSIVE METALENS FOR SENSING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20210389599A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-16

    申请号:US16999059

    申请日:2020-08-20

    Abstract: A metalens includes one or more regions of nanostructures. A first region of nanostructures directs a first field of view (FOV) of light incident on the first region of nanostructures to a first region of an image plane. A second region of nanostructures directs a second FOV of light incident on the second region of nanostructures to a second region of the image plane in which the second FOV is different from the first FOV, and the second region of the image plane is different from the first region of the image plane. A third region of nanostructures directs a third FOV of light to a third region of the image plane, in which the third FOV is different from the first FOV and the second FOV, and the third region of the image plane is different from the first region and the second region of the image plane.

    SINGLE PASS PEAK DETECTION IN LIDAR SENSOR DATA STREAM

    公开(公告)号:US20200264288A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-20

    申请号:US16379782

    申请日:2019-04-09

    Abstract: A system and a method determines a traveling time for a light pulse between a light pulse source and a pixel of a light sensor array based on a “Find Frequent Items in a Data Steam” technique. In one embodiment, raw timestamp data output from a pixel as a data stream may be temporarily stored, processed twice and then discarded to provide an exact determination of a traveling time estimate. In another embodiment, the raw timestamp data is processed once and discarded to provide an approximate determination of a traveling time estimate. The traveling time estimate may be updated during processing and the most-frequently occurring timestamp is available when processing the data stream is complete. There is no need to keep the raw data in a memory, thereby reducing the memory requirement associated with determining the traveling time of a light pulse.

    CMOS IMAGE SENSOR FOR 2D IMAGING AND DEPTH MEASUREMENT WITH AMBIENT LIGHT REJECTION

    公开(公告)号:US20200249010A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-06

    申请号:US16852406

    申请日:2020-04-17

    Abstract: Using the same image sensor to capture both a two-dimensional (2D) image of a three-dimensional (3D) object and 3D depth measurements for the object. A laser point-scans the surface of the object with light spots, which are detected by a pixel array in the image sensor to generate the 3D depth profile of the object using triangulation. Each row of pixels in the pixel array forms an epipolar line of the corresponding laser scan line. Timestamping provides a correspondence between the pixel location of a captured light spot and the respective scan angle of the laser to remove any ambiguity in triangulation. An Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) in the image sensor generates a multi-bit output in the 2D mode and a binary output in the 3D mode to generate timestamps. Strong ambient light is rejected by switching the image sensor to a 3D logarithmic mode from a 3D linear mode.

    HIGH CONTRAST STRUCTURED LIGHT PATTERNS FOR QIS SENSORS

    公开(公告)号:US20190178634A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-13

    申请号:US16003014

    申请日:2018-06-07

    Abstract: A structured-light pattern for a structured-light system includes a base light pattern that includes a row of a plurality of sub-patterns extending in a first direction. Each sub-pattern is adjacent to at least one other sub-pattern, and each sub-pattern is different from each other sub-pattern. Each sub-pattern includes a first number of portions in a sub-row and a second number of portions in a sub-column. Each sub-row extends in the first direction and each sub-column extends in a second direction that is substantially orthogonal to the first direction. Each portion may be a first-type portion or a second-type portion. A size of a first-type portion is larger in the first direction and in the second direction than a size of a second-type portion in the first direction and in the second direction. In one embodiment, a first-type portion is a black portion and the second-type portion is a white portion.

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