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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2017
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/486 (2006.01); G01S 17/10 (2006.01); G01S 17/93 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); G01S 17/42 (2006.01); G01S 17/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0231 (2013.01); G01S 7/4865 (2013.01); G01S 17/10 (2013.01); G01S 17/42 (2013.01); G01S 17/58 (2013.01); G01S 17/936 (2013.01); G05D 1/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0223 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present application generally relates communications and hazard avoidance within a monitored driving environment. More specifically, the application teaches a system and method for improved target object detection in a vehicle equipped with a laser detection and ranging LIDAR system by transmitting a light pulse for a known duration and comparing a duration of the received pulse to the transmitted pulse in order to determine an orientation of a surface of a target.