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(11) EP 4 469 819 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
04.12.2024 Bulletin 2024/49

(21) Application number: 23701101.0

(22) Date of filing: 18.01.2023
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G01S 7/481(2006.01)
G01S 17/89(2020.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
G01S 17/89; G01S 7/4815; G01S 17/87; G01S 17/894
(86) International application number:
PCT/EP2023/051124
(87) International publication number:
WO 2023/143983 (03.08.2023 Gazette 2023/31)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 25.01.2022 EP 22153245

(71) Applicants:
  • Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa 243-0014 (JP)
  • Sony Depthsensing Solutions SA/NV
    1160 Auderghem (Brussels) (BE)

    AL 

(72) Inventors:
  • LOPEZ, Nicolangelo
    70327 Stuttgart (DE)
  • BOSSUYT, Luc
    70327 Stuttgart (DE)

(74) Representative: MFG Patentanwälte Meyer-Wildhagen Meggle-Freund Gerhard PartG mbB 
Amalienstraße 62
80799 München
80799 München (DE)

   


(54) TIME-OF-FLIGHT SYSTEM AND METHOD