45 patents
Utility
Frequency Chirp for Lidar for High-velocity Targets
7 Dec 23
A device includes a controller with a processor and memory with instructions for controlling power to a light source such that the light source emits a frequency-modulated continuous light beam that, over time, includes an up region, a down region, and a flat region.
Daniel J. Klemme, Pierre Asselin, Zoran Jandric
Filed: 21 Aug 23
Utility
Compact Galvanometer Mirror Design
23 Nov 23
Implementations described and claimed herein provide a mechanically-scanning 3-dimensional light detection and ranging (3D LiDAR) system including a galvo mirror attached to an armature of a galvanometer to reflect a light signal generated by a light generator, the galvanometer comprising at least one permanent magnet, at least one coil configured to carry current to move the armature, wherein the galvo mirror is configured to reflect the light signal generated by the light generator towards a one or more objects and the galvo mirror is further configured to reflect light signal reflected from the one or more objects towards a light detector.
Daniel Aaron MOHR, Kevin A. GOMEZ
Filed: 31 Jul 23
Utility
Dual-wavelength Lidar System with Coincidence Detection and Pulse Encoding
9 Nov 23
A lidar system comprises one or more light sources, detectors, and processors.
Alex M. Sincore, Justin R. Woodruff
Filed: 4 May 22
Utility
Unidirectional, Asymmetric, E-skid, Waveguide Grating Antenna
9 Nov 23
A waveguide grating antenna apparatus includes a substrate layer, a lower waveguide array layer upon the substrate, and an upper waveguide array layer positioned above the lower waveguide array layer.
Aditya JAIN, Li-Yuan CHIANG
Filed: 21 Jul 23
Utility
Lidar System with Polygon Mirror
19 Oct 23
A lidar system includes one or more light sources configured to generate a first beam of light and a second beam of light, a scanner configured to scan the first and second beams of light across a field of regard of the lidar system, and a receiver configured to detect the first beam of light and the second beam of light scattered by one or more remote targets.
Jason M. Eichenholz, Scott R. Campbell, John E. McWhirter, Matthew D. Weed, Lane A. Martin
Filed: 26 Jan 23
Utility
Lane Detection and Tracking Techniques for Imaging Systems
19 Oct 23
A system for detecting boundaries of lanes on a road is presented.
Pranav Maheshwari, Vahid R. Ramezani, Ismail El Houcheimi, Benjamin Englard
Filed: 23 Jun 23
Utility
Map Data Co-registration and Localization System and Method
19 Oct 23
Embodiments of architecture, systems, and methods used to provide map data, sensor data, and asset signature data including location data, depth data, and positional data for a terrestrially mobile entity, location and positional data for pseudo-fixed assets and dynamic assets relative to the terrestrially mobile entity via a combination of aerial sensor data and terrestrial data.
Scott Harvey, Sravan Puttagunta
Filed: 23 Mar 20
Utility
Generating Environmental Parameters Based on Sensor Data Using Machine Learning
10 Aug 23
First training sensor data detected by a plurality of real-world sensors are obtained.
Dmytro Trofymov, Pranav Maheshwari, Vahi R. Ramezani
Filed: 12 Apr 23
Utility
Lidar Window Blockage Detection
3 Aug 23
A system comprises a light source, a scanner, a first detector, a second detector, and a processor.
Stephen L. Mielke, Aseem D. Patil
Filed: 1 Feb 22
Utility
Lidar Window Blockage Detection
3 Aug 23
A system comprises a light source, a scanner, a first detector, a second detector, and a processor.
Stephen L. Mielke, Aseem D. Patil
Filed: 13 Jan 23
Utility
Lidar System with Angle of Incidence Determination
13 Jul 23
In one embodiment, a lidar system includes a light source, a receiver, and a controller.
Matthew Hansen, Matthew D. Weed, Joseph G. LaChapelle
Filed: 11 Jan 23
Utility
Lidar System with Detector Array
6 Jul 23
In one embodiment, a lidar system includes a light source configured to emit pulses of light and a scanner configured to scan the emitted pulses of light across a field of regard of the lidar system.
Joseph G. LaChapelle, Jason M. Eichenholz, Roger S. Cannon, Stephen D. Gaalema, William R. Clark, Alex Michael Sincore
Filed: 4 Jan 23
Utility
Lidar System with Gyroscope-Aided Focus Steering
18 May 23
An imaging system is described for generating an estimate for a virtual horizon for a moving vehicle.
Dominik Nuss, Shubham C. Khilari, Gauri Gandhi, Rajnish Tiwari
Filed: 16 Nov 22
Utility
Lidar System with Scene Dependent Focus Intensity
18 May 23
An imaging system is described for generating an estimate for the virtual horizon for a moving vehicle.
Dominik Nuss, Pranav Maheshwari, Shubham C. Khilari, Flavian Pegado, Benjamin England, Manuel Birke
Filed: 15 Nov 22
Utility
Imaging System Having Coil on Mirror Actuator
27 Apr 23
A scanner for a lidar system is configured to direct emitted light to scan a field of regard of the lidar system in accordance with a scan pattern.
Sean P. Hughes
Filed: 22 Dec 22
Utility
Lidar System with Spectrally Encoded Light Pulses
13 Apr 23
In one embodiment, a lidar system includes a light source configured to emit pulses of light, where each emitted pulse of light includes a spectral signature of multiple different spectral signatures.
Lawrence Shah, Zachary Ronald Dylan Thomas Bush, Elias Soto, Alex Michael Sincore, Joseph G. LaChapelle, Stephen D. Gaalema, Jason M. Eichenholz
Filed: 7 Oct 22
Utility
Lidar Sensor with a Redundant Beam Scan
13 Apr 23
Scanning lidar systems and methods for performing a redundant beam scan to reduce data loss resulting from obscurants are presented.
Stephen L. Mielke, Philip W. Smith, Roger S. Cannon, Jason P. Wojack, Jason M. Eichenholz, Scott R. Campbell
Filed: 28 Sep 22
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Lidar System with Semiconductor Window
9 Feb 23
A system includes a light source, a receiver, and an enclosure.
Stephen L. Mielke, Stephen D. Gaalema, Rand Dannenberg, Philip Buchsbaum, James L. Gates
Filed: 5 Aug 22
Utility
Lidar Transceiver with Coaxial Transmit and Receive Path
26 Jan 23
A lidar system for scanning a field of regard is described having first and second light beams and first and second detectors.
Roger S. Cannon, Stephen L. Mielke, Philip W. Smith, Gregory T. Landers, Jason M. Eichenholz
Filed: 26 Jul 21
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Lidar System with Pulse-energy Measurement
26 Jan 23
A system includes a light source, an optical splitter, and a pulse-energy measurement circuit.
Lawrence Shah, David H. Minasi
Filed: 21 Jul 22