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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2018
Applicants:
Patrick B Gilliland, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Roger Stettner, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Patrick B Gilliland, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Roger Stettner, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Continental Advanced Lidar Solutions US, LLC, Carpinteria, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4863 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4814 (2013.01); G01S 7/4811 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 7/4863 (2013.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 2013/93277 (2020.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a ladar system includes a laser transmitter with at least one semiconductor laser having a pulsed laser light output. A laser drive circuit is connected to said at least one semiconductor laser and adapted to electrically drive said at least one semiconductor laser in a predetermined sequence. A laser beam steering mechanism is adapted to scan the pulsed laser light output sequentially through the field of view.