US Patent Issued to SK hynix on Dec. 16 for "TOF sensor, image sensing device and operation method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,486, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"TOF sensor, image sensing device and operation method thereof" was invented by Eun Chang Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Min Seok Shin (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Time of Flight (TOF) sensor using dual frequency includes: a light source for irradiating light to an external subject; a phase modulation controller for providing the light source with a clock so that the light source irradiates irradiation light according to a timing of a global clock, and generating a plurality of pixel clocks having dual frequency; and a ...