公开(公告)号：US20160161611A1

公开(公告)日：2016-06-09

申请号：US15045851

申请日：2016-02-17

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Junji ITO ,  Tohru YAMADA ,  Toshiya FUJII

IPC: G01S17/10 ,  G01S17/89

CPC classification number: G01S17/10 ,  G01S7/4814 ,  G01S17/003 ,  G01S17/023 ,  G01S17/87 ,  G01S17/89

Abstract: A distance measurement system includes: a signal generator which generates a light emission signal that instructs light emission and an exposure signal that instructs exposure of reflected light; a first illumination and distance measurement light source which receives the light emission signal and, according to the signal received, performs the light emission for illumination without a purpose of distance measurement and the light emission with the purpose of distance measurement using the reflected light; an imaging device which receives the exposure signal, performs the exposure according to the signal received, and obtains an amount of light exposure of the reflected light; and a calculator which calculates distance information using the amount of light exposure and outputs the distance information, wherein the distance measurement system has operation modes including an illumination mode and a first distance measurement mode.

Abstract translation: 距离测量系统包括：产生指示发光的发光信号的信号发生器和指示反射光的曝光的曝光信号; 第一照明和距离测量光源，其接收发光信号，并且根据所接收的信号执行用于照明的发光，而不考虑距离测量的目的，并且发光是以使用反射光进行距离测量的目的; 接收曝光信号的摄像装置，根据所接收的信号进行曝光，得到反射光的曝光量; 以及计算器，其使用曝光量来计算距离信息并输出所述距离信息，其中所述距离测量系统具有包括照明模式和第一距离测量模式的操作模式。

公开(公告)号：US20180167562A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-14

申请号：US15882316

申请日：2018-01-29

Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.

Inventor： Sei SUZUKI ,  Tohru YAMADA ,  Yasuyuki SHIMIZU

IPC: H04N5/243 ,  G01S7/486 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H01L27/146

Abstract: A plurality of pixels of a solid-state imaging device include: a photoelectric converter which receives light from an object and converts the light into charge; a plurality of readers which read the charge from the photoelectric converter; a plurality of charge accumulators each of which accumulates the charge of the photoelectric converter read from the plurality of readers; and a transfer controller which performs a transfer control including controlling whether the charge accumulated in one of the plurality of charge accumulators is transferred or blocked from being transferred to another one of the plurality of charge accumulators. The transfer controller is disposed between the plurality of charge accumulators.

公开(公告)号：US20180156898A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-07

申请号：US15883938

申请日：2018-01-30

Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.

Inventor： Sei SUZUKI ,  Tohru YAMADA ,  Yasuyuki SHIMIZU

IPC: G01S7/486 ,  G01S7/481 ,  H01L27/146 ,  H04N5/374

Abstract: A plurality of pixels of a solid-state imaging device include: a photoelectric converter which receives light from an object and converts the light into charge; a plurality of readers which read the charge from the photoelectric converter; a plurality of charge accumulators which accumulate the charge of the photoelectric converter; and a transfer controller which performs a transfer control including controlling whether the charge is transferred or blocked from being transferred. The readers read the charge of the photoelectric converter to the charge accumulators, the plurality of pixels include at least a first pixel and a second pixel, and the transfer controller performs the transfer control to cause addition of the charge read from each of the first pixel and the second pixel.

公开(公告)号：US20180156899A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-07

申请号：US15885436

申请日：2018-01-31

Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.

Inventor： Tohru YAMADA ,  Sei SUZUKI ,  Yasuyuki SHIMIZU

IPC: G01S7/486 ,  G01S17/10 ,  G01S17/89 ,  H01L27/148 ,  H04N5/235

CPC classification number: G01S7/4868 ,  G01S7/4861 ,  G01S7/4863 ,  G01S7/4865 ,  G01S17/10 ,  G01S17/89 ,  H01L27/146 ,  H01L27/14818 ,  H01L27/14856 ,  H04N5/2351 ,  H04N5/353 ,  H04N5/374

Abstract: Provided is a method for driving a solid-state imaging device including a unit pixel which includes at least a first pixel including: a photoelectric converter which receives reflected light from an object and converts the reflected light into charge; an exposure resetter which switches between exposure and discharge of the charge in the photoelectric converter; and a plurality of readers which read the charge from the photoelectric converter and include at least a first reader and a second reader. The method includes: performing a first exposure as the exposure that is performed in a first period in which a gate of the first reader is ON; and performing a second exposure as the exposure that is performed in a second period which is started in conjunction with the end of the first period and in which a gate of the second reader is ON.