Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state laser for lidar system
-
Application No.: US15901838Application Date: 2018-02-21
-
Publication No.: US10418776B2Publication Date: 2019-09-17
- Inventor: David Welford , Martin A. Jaspan , Jason M. Eichenholz , Scott R. Campbell , Lane A. Martin , Matthew D. Weed
- Applicant: LUMINAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US FL Orlando
- Assignee: Luminar Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Luminar Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Orlando
- Main IPC: G01S17/88
- IPC: G01S17/88 ; H01S3/11 ; G01S17/42 ; G01S7/484 ; H01S3/06 ; H01S3/113 ; H01S3/094 ; G01S17/10 ; H01S3/30 ; G01S7/481 ; H01S3/102 ; H01S3/0941 ; H01S3/08 ; H01S3/16 ; H01S3/00

Abstract:
A lidar system can include a solid-state laser to emit pulses of light. The solid-state laser can include a Q-switched laser having a gain medium and a Q-switch. The lidar system can also include a scanner configured to scan the emitted pulses of light across a field of regard and a receiver configured to detect at least a portion of the scanned pulses of light scattered by a target located a distance from the lidar system. The lidar system can also include a processor configured to determine the distance from the lidar system to the target based at least in part on a round-trip time of flight for an emitted pulse of light to travel from the lidar system to the target and back to the lidar system.
Public/Granted literature
- US10340653B2 Solid-state laser for lidar system Public/Granted day:2019-07-02
Information query