A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor system includes a dual-polarization optical antenna, a single-polarization optical antenna, a first receiver, and a second receiver. The dual-polarization optical antenna is configured to (i) emit a transmit beam with a first polarization orientation and (ii) and detect a return beam having a second polarization orientation. The single-polarization optical antenna is configured to detect the return beam having the second polarization orientation.

A total station or a theodolite includes scanning functionality for optical surveying of an environment, in which the total station or the theodolite is configured such that direction-dependent active acquisition regions of the receiver are defined depending on the transmission direction of the transmitted radiation to adapt the receiver surface mechanically and/or electronically to a varying imaging position of the received radiation on the overall detector surface.

A total station or a theodolite includes scanning functionality for optical surveying of an environment, in which the total station or the theodolite is configured such that direction-dependent active acquisition regions of the receiver are defined depending on the transmission direction of the transmitted radiation to adapt the receiver surface mechanically and/or electronically to a varying imaging position of the received radiation on the overall detector surface.

Example embodiments relate to controlling detection time in photodetectors. An example embodiment includes a device. The device includes a substrate. The device also includes a photodetector coupled to the substrate. The photodetector is arranged to detect light emitted from a light source that irradiates a top surface of the device. A depth of the substrate is at most 100 times a diffusion length of a minority carrier within the substrate so as to mitigate dark current arising from minority carriers photoexcited in the substrate based on the light emitted from the light source.

The present disclosure relates to a solid state imaging device and an electronic device from which a holding unit for holding information in a pixel can be eliminated. When a charge distribution unit distributes a pixel signal SIG to a first ADC, a pixel signal representing only reflection light is divided for allocation. When the charge distribution unit distributes a pixel signal SIG to a second ADC, a pixel signal representing background light and reflection light (partial) is divided for allocation. When the charge distribution unit distributes a pixel signal SIG to a third ADC, a pixel signal representing background light and reflection light (the rest) is divided for allocation. During a period in which no signal is acquired, a discharge transistor functions as an overflow portion for releasing electrical charge. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a solid state imaging device used for an imaging device.

A light sensing module including a photodiode array substrate, a distance increasing layer, and a light converging element array is provided. The photodiode array substrate includes a plurality of light sensing units arranged in an array and a circuit region. The circuit region is disposed on the periphery of the light sensing units. Each of the light sensing units includes a plurality of adjacent photodiodes arranged in an array. The distance increasing layer is disposed on the photodiode array substrate. The light converging element array is disposed on the distance increasing layer, and includes a plurality of light converging units arranged in an array. Reflected light from an outside is converged by the light converging elements on the light sensing units, respectively.

A Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) system integrated in a vehicle includes a LIDAR transmitter configured to transmit laser beams into a field of view, the field of view having a center of projection, and the LIDAR transmitter including a laser to generate the laser beams transmitted into the field of view. The LIDAR system further includes a LIDAR receiver including at least one photodetector configured to receive a reflected light beam and generate electrical signals based on the reflected light beam. The LIDAR system further includes a controller configured to receive feedback information and modify a center of projection of the field of view in a vertical direction based on the feedback information.

A Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) system integrated in a vehicle includes a LIDAR transmitter configured to transmit laser beams into a field of view, the field of view having a center of projection, and the LIDAR transmitter including a laser to generate the laser beams transmitted into the field of view. The LIDAR system further includes a LIDAR receiver including at least one photodetector configured to receive a reflected light beam and generate electrical signals based on the reflected light beam. The LIDAR system further includes a controller configured to receive feedback information and modify a center of projection of the field of view in a vertical direction based on the feedback information.

A LIDAR sensor for detecting at least one object in a field of view. The LIDAR sensor includes: a transmitting unit includes a laser source; and a receiving unit having at least one detector unit for receiving secondary light that has been reflected and/or scattered in the field of view by an object. The detector unit includes a sub-detector array including a plurality of sub-detectors arranged in a first direction of extent next to each other and/or in a second direction of extent one behind another, and a processor unit that is designed to select a first group from a plurality of sub-detectors and to group it to form a first macropixel, and simultaneously to select at least one second group and to group it/them to form at least one second micropixel. The first macropixel and at least one of the second macropixels comprise at least one same sub-detector.

A distance image acquisition device includes a distance measurement sensor that detects a measurement light by transferring charges generated in a charge generation region in response to incidence of a measurement light reflected by a target object, to a charge accumulation region by using a transfer gate electrode. The charge generation region includes an avalanche multiplication region that causes avalanche multiplication. The control unit divides an entire distance range of a measurement target into the plurality of sections, controls the distance measurement sensor so as to perform measurements about a plurality of sections while varying a time difference between an emission timing of the measurement light by the light source and a transferring timing of the charges by the transfer gate electrode among the plurality of sections, and generates a distance image of the entire distance range based on the results of the measurements about the plurality of sections.