Patents by Inventor Victor Belokonskiy
Victor Belokonskiy has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240176026Abstract: An illumination circuitry for a time-of-flight module for switching at least two illuminators, wherein the illumination circuitry is configured to: receive an input illumination signal from a time-of-flight sensor; and generate, based on the input illumination signal, synchronized first illumination signals for a first illuminator and second illumination signals for a second illuminator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2022Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Nicolangelo LOPEZ, Luc BOSSUYT, Camille GIAUX, Victor BELOKONSKIY
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Publication number: 20240085533Abstract: An illumination device for a light detection device, the light detection device including a light detection sensor and an optical lens portion, wherein the illumination device includes a light source configured to emit light to a scene and a light intensity adapting device configured to adapt a light intensity profile of the light emitted by the light source for at least partially providing a uniform light intensity on the light detection sensor of light reflected from the scene and detected by the light detection sensor through the optical lens portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2020Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Anthony ANTOUN, Ruxandra-Marina FLOREA, Victor BELOKONSKIY
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Publication number: 20240053439Abstract: A time-of-flight module with switchable illumination for a scene, including: a time-of-flight sensor configured to generate time-of-flight data representing a time-of-flight measurement of light reflected from the scene; a full-field illuminator configured to provide a full-field illumination to the scene; a spot illuminator configured to provide a spotted illumination to the scene; and a control unit configured to switch between the full-field illumination and the spotted illumination provided to the scene; wherein the full-field illuminator and the spot illuminator are arranged adjacent to the time-of-flight sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2021Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Nicolangelo LOPEZ, Luc BOSSUYT, Camille GIAUX, Victor BELOKONSKIY
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Patent number: 11818447Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to a master image sensor configured to communicate with a slave image sensor via an exposure time voltage line, wherein the exposure time voltage line is connected to a terminal of the master image sensor, the master image sensor having master circuitry, configured to: transmit to the slave image sensor, via the exposure time voltage line, an exposure time voltage signal being indicative of an exposure time for the master image sensor; and transmit to the slave image sensor, via the exposure time voltage line, an auxiliary information voltage signal being indicative of auxiliary information for adjusting at least one imaging capture parameter of the slave imaging sensor.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Aerts Wouter, Victor Belokonskiy
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Patent number: 11812171Abstract: An electronic device (200) having an array of pixels (210; 400; 500; 810), and pixel modulation drivers (D1 to D8), each pixel modulation drivers (D1 to D8) being configured to drive a sub-array (R1 to R8) of the pixels.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventor: Victor Belokonskiy
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Patent number: 11630190Abstract: An electronic device comprising circuitry configured to sample, in a calibration phase using a known time-of-flight ?D, a first set of differential mode measurements ?cal (n??E,?D) according to a first sampling strategy tEcal, and to determine Fourier coefficients Mk of the first set of differential mode measurements ?cal(?E,n,?D) based on the known time-of-flight (?D) used in the calibration phase, and to determine a cyclic error (fCE(?1,?(?D);x)) based on the Fourier coefficients (Mk).Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Jeroen Hermans, Victor Belokonskiy, Fabian Krome
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Publication number: 20220244393Abstract: Electronic device comprising circuitry configured to generate, during an exposure time, an in-pixel reference signal (m(t); 201), wherein the exposure time comprises one or more sub-exposures (203), each sub-exposure (203) comprising a set of multiple components (P1, P2, P3; P1, P2, P3, P4; P11, P12, P13, P14), each component having a respective predefined duration and each component providing a predefined acquisition phase; wherein the set of multiple components comprises one or more basic components (P3; P4; P12, P14) providing a predefined basic acquisition phase (?0)> and at least two additional components (P1, P2; P1, P2, P3; P11, P13) providing respective predefined additional acquisition phases, each additional acquisition phase having a respective phase offset (??) with respect to the basic acquisition phase (?0); wherein the durations (bn) and the phase offsets (??n) of the additional components (P1, P2; P1, P2, P3; P11, P13) are arranged such that, in total, the phase offsets (??n) of the additioType: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Victor Belokonskiy, Jeroen Hermans
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Publication number: 20210389465Abstract: An electronic device having an array of illumination units, and multiple drivers, each driver being configured to drive a sub-array of the illumination units.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2019Publication date: December 16, 2021Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solution CorporationInventor: Victor Belokonskiy
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Publication number: 20210392282Abstract: An electronic device (200) having an array of pixels (210; 400; 500; 810), and pixel modulation drivers (D1 to D8), each pixel modulation drivers (D1 to D8) being configured to drive a sub-array (R1 to R8) of the pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2019Publication date: December 16, 2021Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventor: Victor Belokonskiy
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Publication number: 20210349193Abstract: A time-of-flight apparatus has: a telecentric lens; a wavelength filter; and a light detection portion, wherein the wavelength filter is adapted to the telecentric lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2019Publication date: November 11, 2021Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Luca Cutrignelli, Markus Kamm, Victor Belokonskiy, Luc Bossuyt, Alexis Vander Biest
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Publication number: 20210318443Abstract: An electronic device comprising circuitry configured to generate a coded modulation signal (54; 60) for modulating illumination light (16; 55) transmitted by a time of flight camera (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Qing Ding, Victor Belokonskiy, Ward Van Der Tempel
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Publication number: 20210044732Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to a master image sensor configured to communicate with a slave image sensor via an exposure time voltage line, wherein the exposure time voltage line is connected to a terminal of the master image sensor, the master image sensor having master circuitry, configured to: transmit to the slave image sensor, via the exposure time voltage line, an exposure time voltage signal being indicative of an exposure time for the master image sensor; and transmit to the slave image sensor, via the exposure time voltage line, an auxiliary information voltage signal being indicative of auxiliary information for adjusting at least one imaging capture parameter of the slave imaging sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Aerts Wouter, Victor Belokonskiy