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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. 10, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2019
Applicant:

Aeye, Inc., Dublin, CA (US);

Inventors:

Luis Carlos Dussan, Dublin, CA (US);

Allan Steinhardt, Brentwood, CA (US);

Federico Presutti, Ithaca, NY (US);

Joel David Benscoter, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Assignee:

AEYE, INC., Dublin, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G01S 17/93 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 7/484 (2006.01); G01S 7/4863 (2020.01); G01S 17/10 (2020.01); G01S 17/00 (2020.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/4861 (2020.01); G01S 17/58 (2006.01); G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 17/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G01S 7/484 (2013.01); G01S 7/4808 (2013.01); G01S 7/4814 (2013.01); G01S 7/4816 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 7/4861 (2013.01); G01S 7/4863 (2013.01); G01S 17/006 (2013.01); G01S 17/10 (2013.01); G01S 17/58 (2013.01); G01S 17/93 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 17/46 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are examples of ladar systems and methods where data about a plurality of ladar returns from prior ladar pulse shots gets stored in a spatial index that associates ladar return data with corresponding locations in a coordinate space to which the ladar return data pertain. This spatial index can then be accessed by a processor to retrieve ladar return data for locations in the coordinate space that are near a range point to be targeted by the ladar system with a new ladar pulse shot. This nearby prior ladar return data can then be analyzed by the ladar system to help define a shot energy for use by the ladar system with respect to the new ladar pulse shot.


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