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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2020
Applicant:
Pointcloud Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventor:
Alexander Yukio Piggott, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Pointcloud Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4811 (2013.01); G01S 17/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described are various configurations for transmitting and receiving optical light using a shared path ranging system. The shared path ranging system can include an optical router (e.g., an optical coupler) coupled to a grating to transmit light to a physical object and receive light reflected by the physical object. The shared path ranging system can include rows of routers and gratings in a two-dimensional configuration to transmit and receive light for ranging purposes.