56 patents
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LIDAR based 3-D imaging with far-field illumination overlap
15 Aug 23
Methods and systems for performing 3-D LIDAR measurements of objects simultaneously illuminated by two or more beams of light in the far field are described herein.
David S. Hall, Mathew Noel Rekow, Pieter J. Kerstens
Filed: 31 Jan 17
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Dynamic Control and Configuration of Autonomous Navigation Systems
23 Mar 23
The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for generating, processing and correlating data from multiple sensors in an autonomous navigation system, and more particularly to the utilization of configurable and dynamic sensor modules within light detection and ranging systems that enable an improved correlation between sensor data as well as configurability and responsiveness of the system to its surrounding environment.
David S. Hall, Anand Gopalan, Mathew Rekow, Vishal Jain
Filed: 9 May 22
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Systems and Methods for Improving Detection of a Return Signal In a Light Ranging and Detection System
16 Feb 23
Described herein are systems and methods for improving detection of a return signal in a light ranging and detection system.
David S. Hall, Anand Gopalan
Filed: 4 Apr 22
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Lidar Based Distance Measurements with Tiered Power Control
9 Feb 23
Methods and systems for controlling illumination power of a LIDAR based, three dimensional imaging system based on discrete illumination power tiers are described herein.
Kiran K. Gunnam
Filed: 15 Aug 22
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Multiple pixel scanning LIDAR
24 Jan 23
Methods and systems for performing three-dimensional (3-D) LIDAR measurements with multiple illumination beams scanned over a 3-D environment are described herein.
David S. Hall, Pieter J. Kerstens, Mathew Noel Rekow, Stephen S. Nestinger
Filed: 23 Jun 20
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Multiple pulse, LIDAR based 3-D imaging
10 Jan 23
Methods and systems for performing multiple pulse LIDAR measurements are presented herein.
David S. Hall, Pieter J. Kerstens
Filed: 18 Jun 20
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Multiple pixel scanning lidar
10 Jan 23
Methods and systems for performing three-dimensional (3-D) LIDAR measurements with multiple illumination beams scanned over a 3-D environment are described herein.
David S. Hall, Pieter J. Kerstens, Mathew Noel Rekow, Stephen S. Nestinger
Filed: 7 Apr 20
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Systems and Methods for Efficient Multi-return Light Detectors
5 Jan 23
Described herein are systems and methods that may efficiently detect multi-return light signals.
Kiran Kumar Gunnam, Kanke Gao, Nitinkumar Sagarbhai Barot, Anand Gopalan, David S. Hall
Filed: 18 Feb 22
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Systems and methods for chirp linearization using external reflector(s) as a reference reflector
24 Nov 22
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for linearizing frequency chirp in a frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) coherent LiDAR system.
Sunil Khatana, Tyler Banas
Filed: 12 May 21
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Systems and methods for chirp linearization using a partial reflector as a reference reflector
24 Nov 22
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for linearizing frequency chirp in a frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) coherent LiDAR system.
Sunil Khatana, Tyler Banas
Filed: 12 May 21
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Systems and methods for chirp linearization using two continuous wave (CW) lasers
17 Nov 22
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for linearizing frequency chirp in a frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) coherent LiDAR system.
Sunil Khatana, Tyler Banas
Filed: 12 May 21
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Systems and methods for chirp linearization using partial field-of-view (FOV) as a reference reflector
17 Nov 22
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for linearizing frequency chirp in a frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) coherent LiDAR system.
Sunil Khatana, Tyler Banas
Filed: 12 May 21
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Linearization of Chirp In Coherent Lidar Systems
17 Nov 22
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for linearizing frequency chirp in a frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) coherent LiDAR system.
Sunil Khatana, Tyler Banas
Filed: 12 May 21
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Systems and methods for detecting an electromagnetic signal in a constant interference environment
8 Nov 22
Described herein are systems and methods that detect an electromagnetic signal in a constant interference environment.
Pravin Kumar Venkatesan, Roger Jullian Pinto, Jianghui Su, Abhilash Goyal
Filed: 11 Sep 18
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Lidar Systems for Near-field and Far-field Detection, and Related Methods and Apparatus
3 Nov 22
A light detection and ranging (LiDAR) method may include generating, by a first transmitter, a first light illumination signal; generating, by a second transmitter, a second light illumination signal; receiving first return signals corresponding to the first light illumination signal; receiving second return signals corresponding to the second light illumination signal; and sampling the first return signals or the second return signals during a short-range sampling period, such that the short-range sampling period avoids a period of dazzle.
Nathan Wilkerson, Mathew Noel Rekow
Filed: 3 May 21
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Lidar-based Immersive 3D Reality Capture Systems, and Related Methods and Apparatus
13 Oct 22
LiDAR-based immersive 3D reality capture systems and methods are disclosed.
Mathew Noel Rekow, David S. Hall, Sunil Kumar Singh Khatana, Sharath Nair, John Kua
Filed: 31 Mar 22
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Application specific integrated circuits for LIDAR sensor and multi-type sensor systems
20 Sep 22
The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for configuring architectures for a sensor, and more particularly for light detection and ranging (hereinafter, “LIDAR”) systems based on ASIC sensor architectures supporting autonomous navigation systems.
David Hall, Anand Gopalan, Matthew Rekow, Pravin Kumar Venkatesan
Filed: 7 Jan 19
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LIDAR signal acquisition
6 Sep 22
Methods and systems for combining return signals from multiple channels of a LIDAR measurement system are described herein.
David S. Hall, Rajanatha Shettigara, Nathan Slattengren, Aaron Chen, Anand Gopalan
Filed: 6 Aug 20
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LIDAR based distance measurements with tiered power control
16 Aug 22
Methods and systems for controlling illumination power of a LIDAR based, three dimensional imaging system based on discrete illumination power tiers are described herein.
Kiran K. Gunnam
Filed: 10 Jan 19
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Systems and Methods for Transmitting Data Via a Contactless Cylindrical Interface
12 May 22
Described herein are systems and methods that create a capacitive link based on a rotating cylinder capacitor.
Pravin Kumar Venkatesan, Abhilash Goyal, William B. Etheridge, Rajesh Ramalingam Varadharajan
Filed: 24 Jan 22