LIDAR SYSTEM WITH VARIABLE RESOLUTION MULTI-BEAM SCANNING

    公开(公告)号:US20220187471A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-16

    申请号:US17686499

    申请日:2022-03-04

    Abstract: A LIDAR system has a laser emission unit configured to generate a plurality of laser beams. The system has a scanning unit configured to receive the plurality of laser beams. The common scanning unit projects the plurality of laser beams toward a field of view of the LIDAR system. The system has at least one processor. The processor is programmed to cause the scanning unit to scan the field of view of the LIDAR system by directing the plurality of beams along a first plurality of scan lines traversing the FOV. The processor is also programmed to displace the plurality of laser beams from a first set of locations associated with the first plurality of scan lines to a second set of locations associated with a second plurality of scan lines. Further, the processor is programmed to direct the plurality of laser beams along the second plurality of scan lines.

    MULTIPLE SIMULTANEOUS LASER BEAM EMISSION AND ILLUMINATION WHILE ENSURING EYE SAFETY

    公开(公告)号:US20220171031A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-02

    申请号:US17668008

    申请日:2022-02-09

    Abstract: A LIDAR system is disclosed. The system has a laser light projection system to simultaneously project at least two laser light beams. The system also has a deflector to project the at least two laser light beams toward a field of view of the LIDAR system. Each of the at least two laser light beams has an energy density below an eye safe level. A total combined energy density of the at least two laser light beams is above an eye safe level. Further, the at least two laser light beams projected from the deflector are separated from one another by an angular spacing ranging from 2.5 mrad to 6 mrad.

    PATTERN RECOGNITION USED TO CHARACTERIZE LIDAR WINDOW OBSTRUCTION

    公开(公告)号:US20200292679A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-17

    申请号:US16829125

    申请日:2020-03-25

    Abstract: In some embodiments, a LIDAR system may include at least one processor configured to control at least one light source for projecting light toward a field of view and receive from at least one first sensor first signals associated with light projected by the at least one light source and reflected from an object in the field of view, wherein the light impinging on the at least one first sensor is in a form of a light spot having an outer boundary. The processor may further be configured to receive from at least one second sensor second signals associated with light noise, wherein the at least one second sensor is located outside the outer boundary; determine, based on the second signals received from the at least one second sensor, an indicator of a magnitude of the light noise; and determine, based on the indicator the first signals received from the at least one first sensor and, a distance to the object.

    AGGREGATING PIXEL DATA ASSOCIATED WITH MULTIPLE DISTANCES TO IMPROVE IMAGE QUALITY

    公开(公告)号:US20200249349A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-06

    申请号:US16829156

    申请日:2020-03-25

    Inventor: Amit STEINBERG

    Abstract: A LIDAR system may include a processor configured to control a LIDAR light source in a manner enabling light flux to vary over scans of a field of view (FOV). The FOV may include foreground and background areas. The processor may be further configured to receive from a detector input signals indicative of light reflected from the FOV. A representation of a portion of the FOV associated with pixels may be constructible from the input signals associated with a first pixel that covers a portion of the foreground area, a second pixel that covers a portion of the foreground area and a portion of the background area, and a third pixel that covers a portion of the background area. The processor may be further configured to determine a distance to a first object located in the foreground area and a distance to a second object located in the background area.

    DISTRIBUTED LIDAR SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20190227175A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-25

    申请号:US16255329

    申请日:2019-01-23

    Abstract: A LIDAR system, comprising: (a) a plurality of anchored LIDAR sensing units, each anchored LIDAR sensing unit comprising at least: (i) a housing; (ii) at least one detector, mounted in the housing, configured to detect light signals arriving from objects in a field of view of the anchored LIDAR sensing unit; and (iii) a communication unit, configured to output detection information which is based on outputs of the at least one detector and which is indicative of existence of the objects; and (b) at least one integratory processing unit, configured to receive the detection information from two or more of the plurality of anchored LIDAR sensing units, and to process the received detection information to provide a three dimensional model of a scene which is larger than any of the field of views of the independent anchored LIDAR sensing units.

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