ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,080, issued on July 7, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Time to digital converter, distance measuring device, and moving body" was invented by Yuji Nakajima (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A time to digital conversion circuit includes a first measurement block and one or a plurality of second measurement blocks. The first measurement block activates a control signal in accordance with activation of a start signal and measures time from the activation of the start signal to a first edge of a common clock signal. The second measurement block includes a lower measurement circuit and an upper measurement circuit, which are enabl...