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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2018
Applicant:
Aeye, Inc., Fairview Heights, IL (US);
Inventors:
Luis Carlos Dussan, Dublin, CA (US);
Allan Steinhardt, Brentwood, CA (US);
David Cook, San Ramon, CA (US);
Assignee:
AEYE, INC., Belleville, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/486 (2020.01); G01S 17/10 (2020.01); G01S 17/42 (2006.01); G01S 7/487 (2006.01); G01S 7/497 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/4863 (2020.01); G01S 7/4865 (2020.01); G01S 17/93 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4863 (2013.01); G01S 7/487 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 7/4865 (2013.01); G01S 7/4868 (2013.01); G01S 7/497 (2013.01); G01S 17/10 (2013.01); G01S 17/42 (2013.01); G01S 17/936 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of an adaptive ladar receiver and associated method whereby the active pixels in a photodetector array used for reception of ladar pulse returns can be adaptively controlled based at least in part on where the ladar pulses were targeted. Additional embodiments disclose improved imaging optics for use by the receiver and further adaptive control techniques for selecting which pixels of the photodetector array are used for sensing incident light.