Real time position sensing of objects

A system to measure a three-dimensional range to a target, comprising:

• a transmitter to transmit light toward the target;
• a receiver to detect one or more reflections of the transmitted light, wherein the receiver is physically offset separate from the transmitter;
• one or more memory devices that store instructions;
• and
• one or more processors that perform actions, including:
• determining one or more anticipated arrival times of the one or more reflections based on one or more departure times of the transmitted light and a length of the physical offset;
• energizing separately different portions of a plurality of pixels for the receiver based on the one or more anticipated arrival times;
• and
• employing the different portions of energized pixels to detect an amount of photons from the one or more reflections of the transmitted light, wherein a disparity of a positional offset of one or more pixels in the receiver relative to a predetermined position in the receiver is used to provide a three-dimensional measurement of the range of the target.

A processor readable non-transitive storage media that stores instructions for measuring a three-dimensional range to a target, wherein one or more processors execute the stored instructions to perform actions, comprising:

• employing a transmitter to transmit light toward the target and a receiver to detect one or more reflections of the transmitted light, wherein the receiver is physically offset separate from the transmitter;
• determining one or more anticipated arrival times of the one or more reflections based on one or more departure times of the transmitted light and a length of the physical offset;
• energizing separately different portions of a plurality of pixels for the receiver based on the one or more anticipated arrival times;
• and
• employing the different portions of energized pixels to detect an amount of photons from the one or more reflections of the transmitted light, wherein a disparity of a positional offset of one or more pixels in the receiver relative to a predetermined position in the receiver is used to provide a three-dimensional measurement of the range of the target.