McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Imaging apparatus including light source that emits pulsed light, image sensor, and control circuit
An imaging apparatus including a light source that, in operation, emits pulsed light to a measurement target; a diffusion member that is disposed between the light source and the measurement target, and diffuses the pulsed light; an image sensor that includes at least one pixel, the at least one pixel including a photodiode and a charge accumulator that, in operation, accumulates signal charge from the photodiode; and a control circuit that, in operation, controls the image sensor. The control circuit causes the image sensor to start to accumulate the signal charge with the charge accumulator in a falling period of a returned pulsed light which is returned from the measurement target to the image sensor due to the emission of the pulsed light, the falling period being a period from start to end of a decrease of an intensity of the returned pulsed light.
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Tsuguhiro Toshiya Takamasa
Korenaga Fujii Ando