G01C3/06

LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE AND DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE
20220375980 · 2022-11-24 ·

A light receiving device (3) includes a first circuit substrate (10) and a second circuit substrate (20). An avalanche photodiode (APD) (101) and a protection element (130) that protects the APD (101) are disposed on the first circuit substrate (10). The second circuit substrate (20) is stacked on the first circuit substrate (10), and a signal processing circuit that processes a signal output from the APD (101) is disposed on the second circuit substrate (20).

Imaging device, distance measurement method, distance measurement program, and recording medium
11593958 · 2023-02-28 · ·

There are provided an imaging device, a distance measurement method, a distance measurement program, and a recording medium capable of accurately measuring a distance to a subject without depending on a color of the subject. A bifocal imaging lens, a first pixel and a second pixel that respectively pupil-divide and selectively receive luminous flux incident through a first region of the first region and a second region having different focusing distances of the imaging lens, an image sensor having a third pixel and a fourth pixel corresponding to the second region, a first image acquisition unit (41-1) and a second image acquisition unit (41-2) that acquire a first image and a second image having asymmetric blurs from a first pixel group (22A) and a third pixel group (22C) of the image sensor, a third image acquisition unit (43-1) and a fourth image acquisition unit (43-2) that add pixel values of adjacent pixels of the first and second pixels of the image sensor and add pixel values of adjacent pixels of the third and fourth pixels to acquire a third image and a fourth image having symmetric blurs, and a distance calculation unit (45) that calculates a distance to a subject in the image based on the acquired first and third images or the acquired second and fourth images are included.

OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM AND OBJECT DETECTION METHOD

An object detection system includes a light emitter, an optical sensor, a controller, and a signal processor. The controller controls the light emitter and the optical sensor to cause range segment signals to be outputted from the optical sensor for corresponding range segments. The signal processor includes: a target object information generator that includes a plurality of generators (a first generator through a fifth generator) capable of operating in parallel and generates items of target object information indicating features of target objects for the range segments; and storage that stores the items of target object information. The target object information generator compares a past one of the items of target object information stored in the storage with a feature of a current one of the target objects detected by the optical sensor to generate a corresponding one of the items of target object information.

RANGING DEVICE AND RANGING METHOD

A ranging device includes: a pulse generator; a controller that controls the pulse generator according to n (n is an integer greater than or equal to 4) types of packet generation codes indicating whether or not to expose or emit light in each of unit segments corresponding to distance segments into which a ranging range is divided; a light source; a solid-state image capturer; and a distance calculator that calculates the distance based on n types of signal values per unit segment obtained from the solid-state image capturer.

OPTICAL DETECTOR
20220365178 · 2022-11-17 ·

An optical detector includes a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit that receives a reflected light reflected by a measurement object. The light receiving unit has a detection element and a condenser lens system that collects the reflected light to the detection element. The condenser lens system has a plurality of lenses. The condenser lens system has a temperature change factor that increases the optical power at a high temperature than at a low temperature, and a chromatic aberration factor that decreases the optical power at a long wavelength than at a short wavelength. The optical power of each of the plurality of lenses is adjusted based on a correspondence between a change in temperature and a shift amount of the peak wavelength, so that the chromatic aberration factor balances with the temperature change factor within a predetermined wavelength range.

Signal processing device, signal processing method, and program
11585898 · 2023-02-21 · ·

The present disclosure relates to a signal processing device that enables detection of the distance between an imaging device and a subject using an imaging device with high versatility, a signal processing method, and a program. A determination part classifies pixels to a plurality of pixel groups, and determines a pair of a first pixel group and a second pixel group using for detection of distance between the imaging device and the subject from a plurality of pixel groups on the basis of a charge accumulation period for each pixel group of the imaging device in which charge accumulation period is controlled, and a light projection period of pulse light projected toward the subject of the imaging device, for each pixel group. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a distance detection device or the like.

Distance measurement device and mobile apparatus

A distance measurement device according to the present disclosure includes: a laser irradiation unit that irradiates a measurement target with laser light; and a laser light receiving unit including a light receiving element that receives the laser light reflected by the measurement target on a pixel-by-pixel basis. Furthermore, the pitch of the unit pixels of the light receiving element varies with location in a light receiving pixel area. A mobile apparatus according to the present disclosure is equipped with a distance measurement device having the above configuration.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A READING FROM A RANGEFINDING DEVICE
20220364857 · 2022-11-17 ·

The disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for providing a range from a laser range finding device. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to systems and methods for providing a consistent ranged distance to a user of a laser range finding device.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A READING FROM A RANGEFINDING DEVICE
20220364857 · 2022-11-17 ·

The disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for providing a range from a laser range finding device. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to systems and methods for providing a consistent ranged distance to a user of a laser range finding device.

COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

A communication device (10-1) according to the present disclosure includes a ToF (time of flight) sensor and a control unit (90). The ToF sensor includes a light emitting unit (31) that emits light to an object (X) to be measured and a light receiving unit (32) that receives light reflected from the object (X) to be measured. The control unit (90) controls the ToF sensor. Furthermore, the control unit (90) emits light for a linking request to another communication device (10-2), from the light emitting unit (31), and receives light being a response to the linking request from the another communication device (10-2), at the light receiving unit (32).