	US 12,345,819 B2
	Light receiving device, ranging system, and light receiving method
Kouta Hiyama, Kanagawa (JP); and Katsuyuki Yonezawa, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
Appl. No. 17/426,481
Filed by C/O SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/002471 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 28, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/162223, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-018987 (JP), filed on Feb. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0107420 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01C 3/06 (2006.01); G01S 7/4863 (2020.01); G01S 7/4865 (2020.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01); H04N 25/445 (2023.01)

CPC G01S 17/894 (2020.01) [G01C 3/06 (2013.01); G01S 7/4863 (2013.01); G01S 7/4865 (2013.01); H04N 25/445 (2023.01)]

9 Claims

1. A light receiving device, comprising:

a light receiving section including a pixel array and a selection section, wherein

the pixel array includes multiple pixels, and

the selection section is configured to:

select a signal from a plurality of signals outputted from the multiple pixels; and

output the selected signal; and

a control section configured to:

define the multiple pixels included in the pixel array as an active pixel and a non-active pixel;

switch between the active pixel and the non-active pixel based on a control of the selection section; and

control a signal outputted from the active pixel to be outputted from the light receiving section.