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- Patent Title: Active power control using neighboring pixels
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Application No.: US17136222Application Date: 2020-12-29
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Publication No.: US11753042B1Publication Date: 2023-09-12
- Inventor: Subasingha Shaminda Subasingha , Yongzhe Chen , Mehran Ferdowsi , Samuel Holladay , Turhan Karadeniz , Robert Nicholas Moor , Joseph Patrick Warga , Harrison Thomas Waschura , Silas Kogure Wilkinson
- Applicant: Zoox, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Foster City
- Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Foster City
- Agency: Lee & Hayes, P.C.
- Main IPC: B60W60/00
- IPC: B60W60/00 ; G05D1/02 ; G01S13/931

Abstract:
Sensors, including time-of-flight sensors, may be used to detect objects in an environment. In an example, a vehicle may include a time-of-flight sensor that images objects around the vehicle, e.g., so the vehicle can navigate relative to the objects. Sensor data generated by the time-of-flight sensor can include saturated pixels, e.g., due to over-exposure, sensing highly-reflective objects, and/or excessive ambient light. In some examples, parameters associated with power of a time-of-flight sensor can be altered based on characteristics of the saturated pixels, as well as information about non-saturated pixels neighboring the saturated pixels. For example, the neighboring pixels may provide information about whether saturation is due to ambient light, e.g., sunlight, or due to emitted light from the sensor.
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