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Image sensors and sensing methods to obtain time-of-flight and phase detection information

US11637977B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Corephotonics Ltd. · IL

Inventors

Nadav Geva · Tel Aviv-Yafo, IL
Michael Scherer · Fürth, DE
Ephraim Goldenberg · Ashdod, IL
Gal Shabtay · Tel Aviv-Yafo, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 14, 2021
Grant date	Apr 25, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 14, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N2013/0081
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Indirect time-of-flight (i-ToF) image sensor pixels, i-ToF image sensors including such pixels, stereo cameras including such image sensors, and sensing methods to obtain i-ToF detection and phase detection information using such image sensors and stereo cameras. An i-ToF image sensor pixel may comprise a plurality of sub-pixels, each sub-pixel including a photodiode, a single microlens covering the plurality of sub-pixels and a read-out circuit for extracting i-ToF phase signals of each sub-pixel individually.

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