Distance measurement apparatus
US10795004B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 17, 2018 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 11, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N25/50
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A distance measurement apparatus 1 includes: a TOF camera 10 having a light-emitting unit 11, a light-receiving unit 12, and a distance-calculating unit 13 to measure a distance to the subject on the basis of light transmission time; and an image processing unit 17 that creates a distance image of the subject from distance data measured by the TOF camera 10. The image processing unit 17 determines whether or not there is a detection target in the created distance image. If there is no detection target in the distance image, the light emission intensity control unit 18 decreases the emitted light intensity from the light source of the light-emitting unit 11, and the operation mode is switched to a power saving mode in which the pixel addition control unit 19 increases an addition ratio of a neighboring pixel signal of the light-receiving unit 12.
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