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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2017
Luminar Technologies, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Joseph G. LaChapelle, Philomath, OR (US);
Jason M. Eichenholz, Orlando, FL (US);
Laurance S. Lingvay, Orlando, FL (US);
Luminar Technologies, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A light source includes a laser configured to emit a ranging pulse including a sequence of fast pulses. A lidar system uses one or more properties of the sequence of fast pulses to determine a signature of the ranging pulse. A receiver includes a detector element configured to detect a light signal and a signature detection circuitry configured to determine whether the detected light signal corresponds to the signature of the emitted ranging pulse. The lidar system is configured to generate a pixel value based on the detected light signal if the detected light signal corresponds to the signature of the emitted ranging pulse.