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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2018
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Heesun Yoon, Incheon, KR;
Jungwoo Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Tatsuhiro Otsuka, Suwon-si, KR;
Inoh Hwang, Seongnam-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Provided are a LiDAR device and a method of operating the LiDAR device. The LiDAR device includes a light-emitting unit configured to emit modulated light onto an object, a light-receiving unit configured to receive the modulated light reflected by the object, a computation unit configured to calculate a distance to the object based on a reception signal of the modulated light provided by the light-receiving unit, a modulation unit configured to provide a modulation signal to the light-emitting unit to generate the modulated light, and a controller configured to control operations of at least one of the light-emitting unit, the light-receiving unit, the computation unit, and the modulation unit.