ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,636, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Light receiving apparatus, ranging apparatus, and light emission control method" was invented by Toshihiro Oba (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light receiving apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a light receiving unit that includes a light receiving element, a light emission control unit that issues a trigger for causing a light source to emit light, a receiving unit that receives, from a light source unit that includes the light source, a feedback signal that is output in accordance with a light emission timing...