Light detection system, discharge probability calculating method, and received light quantity measuring method

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PATENT NO 11346711
APP PUB NO 20210262855A1
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17168611

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For calculating an optical sensor's regular-discharge probability, a light detection system includes the optical sensor, an application voltage generating circuit for applying a drive pulse voltage to the optical sensor, a discharge determining portion for detecting the optical sensor's discharge, a first discharge probability calculating portion, a sensitivity parameter storing portion for storing the optical sensor's sensitivity parameters, and a second discharge probability calculating portion for calculating a discharge probability of the optical sensor's regular discharge. The first discharge probability calculating portion calculates a discharge probability in: a first state in which light from an additional light source having a known light quantity is incident on the optical sensor or the additional light source is turned off; and a second state in which the additional light source's turning-on/turning-off status is different from the first state, with the drive pulse voltage's pulse width being the same as the first state.

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AZBIL CORPORATION2-7-3 MARUNOUCHI CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 100-6419

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Mori, Raita Tokyo, JP 19 47
Onuma, Shun Tokyo, JP 6 9

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