US Patent Issued to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on Sept. 1 for "Direct-time-of-flight device, system, and method" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,153, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Direct-time-of-flight device, system, and method" was invented by Hung-Yi Tu (Hsinchu City, Taiwan), Meng-Hsiu Wu (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Shang-Fu Yeh (Hsinchu City, Taiwan), Chih-Lin Lee (Miaoli County, Taiwan) and Chin Yin (Tainan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A direct-time-of-flight (dTOF) detecting device is provided. The dTOF detecting device includes a single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) sensor and a processor. The SPAD sensor is configured to receive a reflective light reflected from an object and output an origina...