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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2017
Applicant:
Princeton Lightwave, Inc., Cranbury, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Samuel Richard Wilton, Hamilton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
ARGO AI, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/4865 (2020.01); G01S 17/10 (2020.01); G01J 1/02 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4865 (2013.01); G01J 1/0228 (2013.01); G01S 17/10 (2013.01); G01S 17/107 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are improved LiDAR systems methods employing late-lock Geiger mode detection. In sharp contrast to the prior art, a late-lock Geiger mode detection system and/or method utilizes a pulsed laser and asynchronous avalanche photodiodes with a holdoff time between photodiode arm pulses that are substantially equal to—but slightly less than—the laser pulse period. Preferably, such difference between the holdoff time and the pulse period is <10 nsec.
Wilton, Samuel. (2020). Lidar system and method employing late-lock geiger mode detection (U.S. Patent No. 10620301). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10620301
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