Distance measurement apparatus
US-2016363667-A1 · Dec 15, 2016 · US
Distance image sensor
US2017194370A1 · US · A1
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-2017194370-A1 |
| Application number | US-201515308668-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | A1 |
| Filing date | Jan 29, 2015 |
| Priority date | May 8, 2014 |
| Publication date | Jul 6, 2017 |
| Grant date | — |
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In any three of three range sensors consecutively aligned in a one-dimensional direction, first signal charge-accumulating regions are adjacent to each other in the one-dimensional direction in the range sensor positioned in a center of the three range sensors and the range sensor positioned closer to one side of the one-dimensional direction than the range sensor positioned in the center of the three range sensors, and the first signal charge-accumulating region and the second signal charge-accumulating region are adjacent to each other in the one-dimensional direction in the range sensor positioned in the center of the three range sensors and the range sensor positioned closer to an another side of the one-dimensional direction than the range sensor positioned in the center of the three range sensors.
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1 . A range image sensor comprising a plurality of range sensors disposed in a one-dimensional direction, wherein each of the plurality of range sensors comprises: a charge-generating region generating charges in accordance with incident light; a first and a second signal charge-accumulating regions disposed away from the charge-generating region to sandwich the charge-generating region in the one-dimensional direction, and accumulating the charges generated in the charge-generating region as signal charges; a first transfer electrode disposed between the first signal charge-accumulating region and the charge-generating region and configured to allow the charges generated in the charge-generating region to flow into the first signal charge-accumulating region as the signal charges in accordance with a first transfer signal; and a second transfer electrode disposed between the second signal charge-accumulating region and the charge-generating region and configured to allow the charges generated in the charge-generating region to flow into the second signal charge-accumulating region as the signal charges in accordance with a second transfer signal different in phase from the first transfer signal, and in any three of the range sensors consecutively aligned in the one-dimensional direction, the first signal charge-accumulating regions or the second signal charge-accumulating regions are adjacent to each other in the one-dimensional direction in a range sensor positioned in a center of the three range sensors and a range sensor positioned closer to one side of the one-dimensional direction than the range sensor positioned in the center of the three range sensors, and the first signal charge-accumulating region and the second signal charge-accumulating region are adjacent to each other in the one-dimensional direction in the range sensor positioned in the center of the three range sensors and a range sensor positioned closer to an another side of the one-dimensional direction than the range sensor positioned in the center of the three range sensors. 2 . A range image sensor comprising a plurality of range sensors disposed in a one-dimensional direction, wherein each of the plurality of range sensors comprises: a charge-generating region generating charges in accordance with incident light; a first and a second signal charge-accumulating regions disposed away from the charge-generating region to sandwich the charge-generating region in the one-dimensional direction, and accumulating the charges generated in the charge-generating region as signal charges; a first transfer electrode disposed between the first signal charge-accumulating region and the charge-generating region and configured to allow the charges generated in the charge-generating region to flow into the first signal charge-accumulating region as the signal charges in accordance with a first transfer signal; and a second transfer electrode disposed between the second signal charge-accumulating region and the charge-generating region and configured to allow the charges generated in the charge-generating region to flow into the second signal charge-accumulating region as the signal charges in accordance with a second transfer signal different in phase from the first transfer signal, and a range sensor group including the two range sensors in which the first signal charge-accumulating regions are adjacent to each other in the one-dimensional direction and a range sensor group including the two range sensors in which the second signal charge-accumulating regions are adjacent to each other in the one-dimensional direction are alternately aligned in the one-dimensional direction.
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Time delay measurement, e.g. operational details for pixel components (signal extraction and conditioning G01S7/493); Phase measurement · CPC title
Use of electric radiation detectors · CPC title
for mapping or imaging · CPC title
- G01S7/486Primary
Receivers · CPC title
of detector arrays, e.g. charge-transfer gates · CPC title
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- What does patent US2017194370A1 cover?
- In any three of three range sensors consecutively aligned in a one-dimensional direction, first signal charge-accumulating regions are adjacent to each other in the one-dimensional direction in the range sensor positioned in a center of the three range sensors and the range sensor positioned closer to one side of the one-dimensional direction than the range sensor positioned in the center of th…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Hamamatsu Photonics Kk
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification G01S7/486. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
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- Publication date Thu Jul 06 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (A1). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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