US Patent Issued to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory on June 2 for "Imaging device, distance estimation device, and moving object" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,989, issued on June 2, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa-ken, Japan).

"Imaging device, distance estimation device, and moving object" was invented by Yusuke Negoro (Kaizuka, Japan) and Seiichi Yoneda (Isehara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object is to obtain accurate distance image data by denoising. Another object is to realize distance image data acquisition in a short time by reducing the frequency of accumulating. A distance image processing system including a solid-state imaging element that can be used for three-dimensionally recognizing an object is provided for the utilization of aut...