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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2018
Luminar Technologies, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Matthew D. Weed, Winter Park, FL (US);
Scott R. Campbell, Sanford, FL (US);
Lane A. Martin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jason M. Eichenholz, Orlando, FL (US);
Austin K. Russell, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Rodger W. Cleye, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Melvin L. Stauffer, Orlando, FL (US);
LUMINAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
To compensate for motor dynamics in a scanner in a lidar system, a light source transmits light pulses at a variable pulse rate in accordance with a scan speed of the scanner. More specifically, the pulse rate may be directly related to the scan speed so that the light source transmits light pulses uniformly across a field of regard. A controller may determine the scan speed and provide a control signal to the light source adjusting the pulse rate accordingly.