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(11) EP 4 573 394 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
25.06.2025 Bulletin 2025/26

(21) Application number: 23744510.1

(22) Date of filing: 26.07.2023
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G01S 17/89(2020.01)
G01N 21/41(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
G01S 17/894; G01S 17/36; G01S 7/4802; G01S 7/493
(86) International application number:
PCT/EP2023/070724
(87) International publication number:
WO 2024/037847 (22.02.2024 Gazette 2024/08)
(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: 18.08.2022 EP 22190926

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

    AL 
  • Sony Europe B.V.
    Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0XW (GB)

    AL 

(72) Inventors:
  • CAMBARERI, Valerio
    Basingstoke Hampshire RG22 4SB (GB)
  • AGRESTI, Gianluca
    70327 Stuttgart (DE)
  • SIMONETTO, Adriano
    70327 Stuttgart (DE)

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

   


(54) METHODS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES