公开(公告)号：US12117527B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-15

申请号：US16912786

申请日：2020-06-26

Applicant: Continental Advanced Lidar Solutions US, LLC

Inventor： Patrick Gilliland ,  Robert W Koseluk ,  Steve Penniman ,  Brad Short ,  Joseph Spagnolia ,  Roger Stettner

IPC: G01C3/08 ,  B64D39/00 ,  B64D47/00 ,  B64G1/64 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S7/486 ,  G01S7/4863 ,  G01S17/18 ,  G01S17/88 ,  G01S17/89

CPC classification number: G01S17/88 ,  B64D39/00 ,  B64D47/00 ,  B64G1/646 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S7/4863 ,  G01S7/4868 ,  G01S17/18 ,  G01S17/89

Abstract: A system for landing or docking a mobile platform is enabled by a flash LADAR sensor having an adaptive controller with Automatic Gain Control (AGC). Range gating in the LADAR sensor penetrates through diffuse reflectors. The LADAR sensor adapted for landing/approach comprises a system controller, pulsed laser transmitter, transmit optics, receive optics, a focal plane array of detectors, a readout integrated circuit, camera support electronics and image processor, an image analysis and bias calculation processor, and a detector array bias control circuit. The system is capable of developing a complete 3-D scene from a single point of view.