LIDAR RECEIVING APPARATUS, LIDAR SYSTEM AND LASER RANGING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20230400558A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-14

    申请号:US18235877

    申请日:2023-08-20

    发明人: Shen JIANG

    摘要: The present application provides a lidar receiving apparatus, a lidar system, a laser ranging method, a laser ranging controller, and a computer readable storage medium. The lidar receiving apparatus includes: a photodetector, which is configured to receive a reflected laser signal and to convert the reflected laser signal into a current signal when a bias voltage of the photodetector is greater than a breakdown voltage of the same; a ranging circuit, which is connected with the photodetector and configured to calculate distance data according to the current signal; and a power control circuit, which is connected with the photodetector and configured to control the bias voltage applied to the photodetector according to a predefined rule.

    MULTI-DETECTOR LIDAR SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MITIGATING RANGE ALIASING

    公开(公告)号:US20220113380A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-14

    申请号:US17070765

    申请日:2020-10-14

    申请人: Argo Al, LLC

    IPC分类号: G01S7/489 G01S7/4863

    摘要: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for multi-detector LIDAR and methods. An example method may include emitting, by a light emitter of a LIDAR system, a first light pulse. The example method may also include activating a first light detector of the LIDAR system at a first time, the first time corresponding a time when return light corresponding to the first light pulse would be within a first field of view of the first light detector. The example method may also include activating a second light detector of the LIDAR system at a second time, the second time corresponding a time when return light corresponding to the first light pulse would be within a second field of view of the second light detector, wherein the first light detector is configured to include the first field of view, the first field of view being associated with a first range from the light emitter, and wherein the second light detector configured to include the second field of view, the second field of view being associated with a second range from the light emitter.

    LIDAR RECEIVER WITH MOVABLE DETECTOR

    公开(公告)号:US20210356566A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-18

    申请号:US16874935

    申请日:2020-05-15

    IPC分类号: G01S7/4863 G01S7/489

    摘要: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a receiver in an optical sensing system. The exemplary receiver includes a movable detector configured to receive optical signals reflected or scattered from an object scanned by the optical sensing system. The receiver further includes an actuator configured to move the movable detector. The receiver also includes a controller configured to determine a plurality of target positions of the movable detector for receiving the optical signals. The controller is further configured to control the actuator to move the movable detector to the plurality target positions according to a movement pattern.

    Lidar system
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11163044B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-02

    申请号:US15994159

    申请日:2018-05-31

    申请人: Robert Bosch GmbH

    摘要: A lidar system comprising a laser light source for emitting laser light, a light modulator unit, and a detector, the laser light emitted by the laser light source and reflected by an object being directed first through the light modulator unit and thereupon onto the detector, and the light modulator unit being designed to modify over time a light output that strikes the detector.

    Distance measurement instrument
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10816646B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-27

    申请号:US15623944

    申请日:2017-06-15

    申请人: Trimble AB

    摘要: A distance measurement instrument and a method of operating a distance measurement instrument are disclosed. According to some embodiments, a transmit light signal is transmitted by a transmitter unit along a transmit path at an emission time and a return light signal is received by a receiver unit at a receive time along a receive path. The return light signal is converted to a return electrical signal. At least one of the transmit path and the receive path is deflected by a deflection module at a deflection angle relative to an optical axis of the instrument. A time-dependent attenuation function is selected based on information relative to the deflection angle and attenuation is applied by an attenuator to at least one of the return light signal and the return electrical signal according to the selected time-dependent function. A measured distance may be determined by a processor unit based on at least the emission time and the receive time.

    LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING SIGNAL CORRECTION METHODS AND SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20200271763A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-27

    申请号:US16283739

    申请日:2019-02-23

    摘要: A system and method for correcting a Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) return signal is disclosed. The LiDAR return signal is digitized by a converter. An exemplary signal correction system includes a signal processor configured to identify saturated samples from the LiDAR return signal, determine a correction parameter based on non-saturated samples in the LiDAR return signal and corresponding samples in a reference signal, and correct the saturated samples in the LiDAR return signal using the correction parameter.

    HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE FOR SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20200018834A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-16

    申请号:US16031084

    申请日:2018-07-10

    发明人: Frederic Boutaud

    摘要: A time of flight (TOF) sensor device employs a measuring sequence that facilitates accurate distance measurement across a high dynamic range. In one or more embodiments, for a given measuring sequence in which a distance of an object or surface corresponding to a pixel is to be determined, the TOF sensor device performs multiple iterations of a measuring cycle, whereby for each successive iteration the number of emitted and measured pulses that are accumulated for the iteration is increased relative to the previous iteration of the measuring cycle. In this way, multiple values of increasing resolution are measured for the same physical entity over a corresponding number of measuring cycles. The sensor then selects a value from the multiple measured values that yields the highest resolution without saturating the pixel, and this value is used to determine the pulse propagation time and object distance.