Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Combining laser pulse transmissions in LiDAR
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Application No.: US16751686Application Date: 2020-01-24
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Publication No.: US11226414B2Publication Date: 2022-01-18
- Inventor: Mina A. Rezk , Jean-Marie Bussat
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin & Goetzel, P.C.
- Agent Robert C. Kowert
- Main IPC: G01C3/08
- IPC: G01C3/08 ; G01S17/10 ; G01S7/486

Abstract:
A light ranging and detection (LiDAR) device may combine the transmission of laser pulses. Different trains of pulses from different transmitters may be combined and transmitted to an environment via a common optical path. The laser pulses transmitted from one train of pulses may be in a polarization state that is orthogonal to a polarization state for the laser pulses of the other train of pulses. Reflections for the different trains of pulses may be received via the common optical path and separated according to polarization state. Reflections of the train of pulses may be directed to one receiver and reflections of the other train of pulses may be directed to a different receiver. The transmission delta between the different trains of pulses may be dynamically configured. The pulse repetition rate of each train of pulses may also be configured.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200158871A1 COMBINING LASER PULSE TRANSMISSIONS IN LIDAR Public/Granted day:2020-05-21
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