Patent ID: 11953620
Assignee: HYBRID LIDAR SYSTEMS AG
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. A method for a runtime measurement of a signal between two events, in which method a comparison of one of a time occurrence and a position in a phase of a reference signal on the occurrence of a first event and on the occurrence of the second event is determined, wherein a periodically repeating reference signal is generated by a generator and one of its phase position and time stamp is determined as a first signature for the occurrence of the signal in the first event, the phase position and the time stamp of the reference signal respectively being determined as a second signature for the occurrence of the signal in the second event, and the runtime being determined as a difference of one of the phase positions and the time stamps of the first and second signatures, wherein a physical signal is transmitted by a transmitter, the physical signal is reflected at an object, and generates reflections,
wherein
the reflections are received by a sensor matrix that has a plurality of pixels, each having a sensor and a pixel number;
a trigger signal is generated by a logic from a reflection, which each pixel receives, when a threshold value is exceeded in order to determine the second signature, and wherein, when the trigger signal is applied, an ADC samples the reference signal and determines the second signature.