US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions on Jan. 13 for "Ranging sensor, method for driving the same, and ranging module" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,769, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Ranging sensor, method for driving the same, and ranging module" was invented by Yohtaro Yasu (Kanagawa, Japan) and Jayesh Hannurkar (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ranging sensors with reduced cyclic errors and drive current dispersion are disclosed. In one example, a ranging sensor includes a phase shift circuit that generates a phase-shifted drive pulse signal by shifting a drive pulse signal to a plurality of phases in a time division manner within one frame period, with the drive pulse signal being generated in response...