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Method and apparatus for a time-of-flight sensor with charge storage

US8908063B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED · US

Inventor

Werner Metz · Chandler, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 11, 2013
Grant date	Dec 9, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 11, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S17/894
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A time-of-flight sensor device includes analog memory to store one or more sets of charges associated with a time-of-flight image frame captured by a time-of-flight pixel array. So configured, the time-of-flight sensor device greatly reduces or eliminates the need for digital memory otherwise required to store image data prior to processing.

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