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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2016
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Volodimir Slobodyanyuk, San Diego, CA (US);
Matthew Grob, La Jolla, CA (US);
John Wyrwas, Mountain View, CA (US);
Karim Arabi, San Diego, CA (US);
Rajesh Pankaj, San Diego, CA (US);
Evgeni Gousev, Saratoga, CA (US);
Sajith Balraj, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are techniques for light beam scanning in a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system. The LIDAR system includes a beam shaping subsystem configured to generate an illumination pattern elongated in a first direction, and a scanning subsystem configured to direct the elongated illumination pattern towards a plurality of positions along a second direction different from the first direction. The LIDAR system further includes a sensor configured to generate a detection signal in response to detecting light reflected by a target object illuminated by the elongated illumination pattern, and a processor configured to determine a characteristic of the target object based on the detection signal.