US Patent Issued to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on Dec. 23 for "Apparatus, processing circuitry and method for measuring distance from direct time of flight sensor array to an object" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,520, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Apparatus, processing circuitry and method for measuring distance from direct time of flight sensor array to an object" was invented by Chin Yin (Tainan, Taiwan), Shang-Fu Yeh (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Chiao-Yi Huang (Hsinchu County, Taiwan) and Chih-Lin Lee (Miaoli County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, a processing circuitry and a method for measuring a distance to an object are provided. The apparatus comprising a light source, a direct time of flight (DTOF) sensor array configured to receive a reflected signal fro...