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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 12, 2016
Applicant:

Fastree3d SA, Ecublens, CH;

Inventors:

Stefan Thomas Keller, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, CH;

Lucio Carrara, Lausanne, CH;

Assignee:

FASTREE3D SA, Ecublens, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/02 (2006.01); G01S 7/292 (2006.01); G01S 17/10 (2020.01); G01S 15/10 (2006.01); G01S 13/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/023 (2013.01); G01S 7/0235 (2021.05); G01S 7/2923 (2013.01); G01S 7/2926 (2013.01); G01S 13/222 (2013.01); G01S 15/105 (2013.01); G01S 17/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for measuring a distance to a target in a multi-user environment by means of at least one sensor, comprising: irradiating the environment by means of a series of radiation pulses, wherein series of radiation pulses are emitted at a determined repetition rate and with a determined random delay; collecting pulses that are reflected or scattered from the environment to at least a detector connected to at least one chronometer; assigning a timestamp at every detected pulse on the detector; subtracting the added delay from every registered timestamp coming from the chronometer, the result corresponding to the time of arrival; determining the statistical distribution of said time of arrival; determining the distance to the target from said statistical distribution.


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