Patent ID: 11876111
Assignee: SENSORS UNLIMITED, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method of imaging comprising:
collecting passive imaging data from a sensor array; and
collecting time of flight (TOF) imaging data from the sensor array wherein collecting passive imaging data includes collecting passive imaging data on passive imaging pixels of the sensor array, and wherein collecting TOF imaging data includes collecting TOF imaging data on TOF pixels of the sensor array, wherein the passive imaging pixels are arranged in an alternating pattern with the TOF imaging pixels on the sensor array, wherein the alternating pattern includes alternating unbroken columns of a plurality of passive imaging pixels and unbroken columns of a plurality of TOF imaging pixels across the sensor array, wherein the passive imaging pixels each include a PIN photodiode, wherein the TOF imaging pixels each include an avalanche photodiode, wherein the passive imaging pixels and the TOF pixels are all sensitive to SWIR illumination.