US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions on July 29 for "Distance measuring device and distance measuring method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,630, issued on July 29, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Distance measuring device and distance measuring method" was invented by Kenichi Tayu (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a distance measuring device capable of improving the accuracy of measurement while reducing power consumption. A variation amplification part amplifies a variation in a temporal relative relationship between an electrical signal output from a light receiving element and a clock signal generated by a clock generation unit. Subsequently, a synchronizing part generates a synchronizing signal by...