Patent ID: 11877066
Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  G | IPC B  G  H

Claim 12:
13. An electronic camera apparatus, comprising:
an image sensor with a plurality of pixel regions;
an exposure controller performed on one or more processors and configured to control, for each pixel region in the plurality of pixel regions, an exposure of the pixel region; and
a plurality of gating circuits, wherein each gating circuit is configured to gate a pixel region in the plurality of pixel regions to begin exposure of the pixel region at an exposure start time, and continue the exposure for an exposure duration or end the exposure at an exposure end time,
wherein each pixel region is configured to begin collecting incoming light starting at a corresponding exposure start time and continue collecting the incoming light during the corresponding exposure, wherein the corresponding exposure start time corresponds to a time of flight of the incoming light from a light source to an object associated with the pixel region and back from the object to the pixel region, and
wherein the exposure start time for a pixel region in the plurality of pixel regions is determined using a distance between the image sensor and an object imaged by the pixel region.