# US 12,216,004 B2 · Sensor device and method of use > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,216,004 B2 - Document ID: US12216004B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/505,253 - Filed: 2023-11-09 - Published: 2024-02-29 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2019-02-12 - Assignees: Viavi Solutions Inc. - Applicants: VIAVI Solutions Inc. - Inventors: William D. Houck; Valton Smith - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12216004B2 ## CPC - G01J 3/027: {Control of working procedures of a spectrometer; Failure detection; Bandwidth calculation} - G01N 21/31: Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry {(G01N21/72 takes precedence)} - G01J 3/0229: {using masks, aperture plates, spatial light modulators or spatial filters, e.g. reflective filters} - G01J 3/0278: {Control or determination of height or angle information for sensors or receivers} - G01J 3/42: Absorption spectrometry; Double beam spectrometry; Flicker spectrometry; Reflection spectrometry (beam switching arrangements G01J3/08) - G01S 7/4816: {of receivers alone} - G01S 17/08: for measuring distance only (indirect measurement G01S17/46; active triangulation systems G01S17/48) - G01S 17/86: Combinations of lidar systems with systems other than lidar, radar or sonar, e.g. with direction finders - G01J: MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY (light sources F21, H01J, H01K, H05B; investigating properties of materials by optical means G01N) - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES ## Abstract A device may determine a time-of-flight measurement by performing a sample of a sensor based on light received via at least one first spectral filter, wherein the at least one first spectral filter is associated with a spectral range for a time-of-flight measurement; determine that a condition is satisfied with regard to the time-of-flight measurement, wherein the condition relates to an orientation or a position of the sensor or the sensor device relative to a measurement target; trigger a spectrometry measurement to be performed based on determining that the condition is satisfied with regard to the time-of-flight measurement; and perform, based on light received via at least one second spectral filter and by performing a sample of the sensor, the spectrometry measurement for the measurement target based on the condition being satisfied with regard to the time-of-flight measurement. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device, comprising: a light source; a sensor; a spectrometry filter; and a plurality of time-of-flight (ToF) filters, wherein the plurality of ToF filters include: a first ToF filter, a second ToF filter, and a third ToF filter, wherein a first axis connects the first ToF filter and the second ToF filter and a second axis, that is orthogonal to the first axis, connects the second ToF filter and the third ToF filter. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the spectrometry filter is a multichannel spectral filter. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the sensor is configured to be between the light source and an area for a measurement target. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the sensor is configured to be between the light source and the spectrometry filter, and wherein the spectrometry filter and the plurality of ToF filters are configured to be between the light source and an area for a measurement target. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of ToF filters further include: a fourth ToF filter. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the device includes only two ToF filters on the first axis, and wherein the device includes only two ToF filters on the second axis. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the device includes only three ToF filters. ### Claim 8 A sensor device, comprising: a spectrometry filter; a time-of-flight (ToF) filter, wherein the sensor device includes only a single ToF filter, and wherein the single ToF filter is the ToF filter; and a sensor adjacent to one or more of the spectrometry filter or the ToF filter, wherein the spectrometry filter, the ToF filter, and the sensor are configured to be between one or more light sources and an area for a measurement target. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The sensor device of claim 8, wherein the spectrometry filter is a multichannel spectral filter. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The sensor device of claim 8, wherein the spectrometry filter and the ToF filter are coplanar. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The sensor device of claim 8, wherein the ToF filter is a part of the spectrometry filter. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The sensor device of claim 8, wherein the spectrometry filter and the ToF filter are in different planes. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The sensor device of claim 8, wherein the ToF filter is configured to enable a measurement of a distance between the sensor device and the measurement target. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The sensor device of claim 8, wherein the sensor includes: one or more first sensors configured to determine a spectrometry measurement; and one or more second sensors configured to determine a ToF measurement. ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) The sensor device of claim 8, wherein the one or more light sources are configured to provide light for one or more of a spectrometry measurement or a ToF measurement. ### Claim 16 (depends on 8) The sensor device of claim 8, wherein the sensor is configured to be between the one or more light sources and the spectrometry filter. ### Claim 17 A sensor device, comprising: a spectrometry filter; one or more time-of-flight (ToF) filters that are coplanar with the spectrometry filter on a plane; and one or more sensors configured to be between one or more light sources and the plane. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The sensor device of claim 17, wherein the one or more ToF filters include two ToF filters that are spatially distributed relative to the spectrometry filter. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The sensor device of claim 17, wherein the one or more ToF filters include: a first ToF filter, and a second ToF filter, wherein an axis connects the first ToF filter and the second ToF filter. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The sensor device of claim 19, wherein the axis is a first axis, and wherein the one or more ToF filters further include: a third ToF filter, wherein a second axis that is orthogonal to the first axis connects the second ToF filter and the third ToF filter.