US Patent Issued to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS on Dec. 2 for "Distance measurement device, method of controlling distance measurement device, and electronic apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,343, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Distance measurement device, method of controlling distance measurement device, and electronic apparatus" was invented by Kazuki Ohashi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distance measurement device includes a light detection unit, an exposure control unit; a distance image calculator, a detector, and a control unit. The light detection unit receives light from a subject. The exposure control unit performs exposure control on the basis of a signal value outputted by the light detection unit. The distance image calculator calcul...