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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:
Oct. 11, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 01, 2018
Applicant:

Luminar, Llc, Orlando, FL (US);

Inventors:

Jason M. Eichenholz, Orlando, FL (US);

Joseph G. LaChapelle, Philomath, OR (US);

Assignee:

Luminar, LLC, Orlando, FL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 7/4912 (2020.01); G01S 17/42 (2006.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 7/4861 (2020.01); G01S 17/88 (2006.01); G01J 1/46 (2006.01); H03K 17/0416 (2006.01); H03K 17/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4804 (2013.01); G01J 1/46 (2013.01); G01S 7/4861 (2013.01); G01S 7/4918 (2013.01); G01S 17/42 (2013.01); G01S 17/88 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); H03K 17/0416 (2013.01); H03K 17/74 (2013.01);
Abstract

A lidar system identifies anomalous optical pulses received by the lidar system. The lidar system includes a light source configured to output a plurality of transmitted pulses of light, each transmitted pulse of light having one or more representative characteristics, a scanner configured to direct the plurality of transmitted pulses of light to a plurality of locations within a field of regard, and a receiver configured to detect a plurality of received pulses of light from the field of regard. The lidar system is configured to identify an anomalous pulse amongst the plurality of received pulses of light based on its having at least one characteristic that does not correspond to the one or more representative characteristics of the plurality of transmitted pulses of light.


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