Patent ID: 11895406
Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 3:
4. The imaging device assembly according to claim 1, which is further operated in a second operation mode, wherein,
in the second operation mode,
under control of the control device, the imaging element captures an image of the object on a basis of light emitted from the light source during a fifth period overlapping a third period and a fourth period, stores third image signal charge obtained at the light receiving portion into the first charge storage portion during the third period, and stores fourth image signal charge obtained at the light receiving portion into the second charge storage portion during the fourth period, and
the control device calculates a distance from the imaging device to the object, on a basis of the third image signal charge stored in the first charge storage portion and the fourth image signal charge stored in the second charge storage portion.