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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Baher Haroun, Allen, TX (US);
Rahmi Hezar, Allen, TX (US);
Srinath Ramaswamy, Murphy, TX (US);
Nirmal C. Warke, Saratoga, CA (US);
David Magee, Allen, TX (US);
Ting Li, Allen, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/10 (2020.01); G01S 7/4865 (2020.01); G01S 7/484 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 7/484 (2013.01); G01S 7/4865 (2013.01); G01S 17/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pulsed light source illuminates a scene with a virtual array of points. Light reflected by the scene is detected by a small pixel array, allowing generation of a three-dimensional map of the scene. A processing element processing data output by the small pixel array uses a multipath resolution algorithm to resolve individual objects in the scene.