[Problem] The present disclosure proposes a technology that makes it possible to further reduce the influence of an error arising from a resolution of processing relating to measurement of the distance. [Solving Means] A sensor chip is provided which includes a light reception section configured to receive light projected from a light source and reflected by an imaging target to detect, for each given detection period, a reception light amount of the reflected light within the given period, a measurement section configured to measure a distance to the imaging object based on the reception light amount, and a control section configured to apply at least one of a first delay amount or a second delay amount, whose resolutions relating to control are different from each other, to control of a first timing at which the light reception section is to detect the reception light amount thereby to control a relative time difference between the first timing and a second timing at which the light source is to project light with a resolution finer than the resolutions of the first delay amount and the second delay amount in response to the first delay amount and the second delay amount.

At least one image of a moving object is acquired using an image acquisition device equipped with an automatic focussing system. A distance between the object and the device when the effective acquisition of the image occurs is estimated based on the estimated speed and on the period of time separating a time of actuation triggering the process for acquiring the at least one image from the time of acquisition of the said effective acquisition, and the taking into account of the said distance by the automatic focussing system.

At least one image of a moving object is acquired using an image acquisition device equipped with an automatic focussing system. A distance between the object and the device when the effective acquisition of the image occurs is estimated based on the estimated speed and on the period of time separating a time of actuation triggering the process for acquiring the at least one image from the time of acquisition of the said effective acquisition, and the taking into account of the said distance by the automatic focussing system.

Disclosed herein are techniques for identifying optical beams incident upon a sensor of a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system. In certain aspects, a sensor coupled to the LIDAR system receives a first optical beam comprising a first frequency and a second optical beam comprising a second frequency. The LIDAR system may include a shutter coupled to the sensor and configured to operate at a third frequency, wherein operating the shutter while receiving the first optical beam comprising the first frequency results in a first signal with a fourth frequency and operating the shutter while receiving the second optical beam comprising the second frequency results in a second signal with a fifth frequency. Furthermore, the LIDAR system may include processing logic configured to detect the first signal with the fourth frequency and identify the first optical beam using a known association between the first optical beam and the fourth frequency.

At least one image of a moving object is acquired using an image acquisition device equipped with an automatic focussing system. A distance between the object and the device when the effective acquisition of the image occurs is estimated based on the estimated speed and on the period of time separating a time of actuation triggering the process for acquiring the at least one image from the time of acquisition of the said effective acquisition, and the taking into account of the said distance by the automatic focussing system.