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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:
Aug. 23, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 23, 2020
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Bronstein, Lugano, CH;

Ron Kimmel, Haifa, IL;

Alex Bronstein, Haifa, IL;

Ohad Menashe, Haifa, IL;

Erez Sperling, D.N. Menashe, IL;

Aviad Zabatani, Kfar Vitkin, IL;

Vitaly Surazhsky, Yokneam Illit Z, IL;

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G01S 17/10 (2020.01); G01S 7/4861 (2020.01); G01S 7/487 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G01S 7/487 (2013.01); G01S 7/4861 (2013.01); G01S 17/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

Example range estimation apparatus disclosed herein include a first signal processor to estimate a signal power parameter and a noise power parameter of a LIDAR system based on first data to be output from a light capturing device of the LIDAR system. Disclosed example range estimation apparatus also include a second signal processor to generate templates corresponding to different possible propagation delays associated with second data to be output from the light capturing device, the second data associated with a modulated light beam projected by the LIDAR system, the templates generated based on the signal power parameter and the noise power parameter, and the second data to have a higher sampling rate and a lower quantization resolution than the first data. In some examples, the second signal processor is also to determine, based on the templates, an estimated propagation delay associated with the second data.


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