Sense Photonics, Inc.

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Russell Kanjorski

Scott Burroughs

Brent A Fisher

Hod Finkelstein

James Carter

Brent Fisher

A LIDAR system includes an emitter array configured to illuminate a field of view, a detector array configured to image the field of view, and a control circuit. The emitter array includes one or more emitter elements that are configured to emit respective optical signals responsive to respective emitter control signals. The detector array includes one or more detector elements configured to output respective detection signals responsive to light incident thereon. The control circuit is configured to generate the respective emitter control signals based on the respective detection signals and respective spatial correlations of the one or more emitter elements and the one or more detector elements with respect to the field of view. Related devices and methods of operation are also discussed.

Automatic gain control for LIDAR for autonomous vehicles

A Light Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) apparatus includes a pulsed light source to emit optical signals, a detector array comprising single-photon detectors to output respective detection signals indicating times of arrival of a plurality of photons incident thereon, and processing circuitry to receive the respective detection signals. The processing circuitry includes one or more of a recharge circuit configured to activate and deactivate subsets of the single photon detectors for respective strobe windows between pulses of the optical signals and at differing delays, a correlator circuit configured to output respective correlation signals representing detection of one or more of the photons having times of arrival within a predetermined correlation time relative to one another, and a time processing circuit comprising a counter circuit configured to increment a count value and a time integrator circuit configured to generate an integrated time value based on the respective correlation signals or detection signals.

Methods and systems for high-resolution long-range flash lidar

A laser array includes a plurality of laser diodes arranged and electrically connected to one another on a surface of a non-native substrate. Respective laser diodes of the plurality of laser diodes have different orientations relative to one another on the surface of the non-native substrate. The respective laser diodes are configured to provide coherent light emission in different directions, and the laser array is configured to emit an incoherent output beam comprising the coherent light emission from the respective laser diodes. The output beam may include incoherent light having a non-uniform intensity distribution over a field of view of the laser array. Related devices and fabrication methods are also discussed.

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Russell Kanjorski