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Patent No.:

US 11002857 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 21, 2018

Ladar system with intelligent selection of shot list frames based on field of view data

Applicant:

Aeye, Inc., Fairview Heights, IL (US);

Inventors:

Luis Carlos Dussan, Dublin, CA (US);

Allan Steinhardt, Brentwood, CA (US);

Joel David Benscoter, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Jordan Spencer Greene, Novato, CA (US);

Assignee:

AEYE, INC., Fairview Heights, IL (US);

Attorney:

Thompson Coburn LLP

Primary Examiner:

Hovhannes Baghdasaryan

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G01S 17/42 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G02B 19/00 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01); G01S 7/484 (2006.01); G01S 7/4861 (2020.01); G01S 17/10 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G01S 7/484 (2013.01); G01S 7/4811 (2013.01); G01S 7/4814 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 7/4861 (2013.01); G01S 17/10 (2013.01); G01S 17/42 (2013.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G02B 19/0028 (2013.01); G02B 19/0085 (2013.01); G02B 26/108 (2013.01);
Abstract

A ladar transmitter that transmits ladar pulses toward a plurality of range points in a field of view can be controlled to target range points based on any of a plurality of defined shot list frames. Each defined shot list frame can identify various coordinates in the field of view that are to be targeted by a ladar pulses for a given ladar frame. A processor can process data about the field of view such as range data and/or camera data to make selections as to which of the defined shot list frames should be selected for a given frame of ladar data.

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