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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2021
Aeye, Inc., Dublin, CA (US);
Philippe Feru, Dublin, CA (US);
Luis Dussan, Dublin, CA (US);
Joel Benscoter, Dublin, CA (US);
Il Woong Jung, Dublin, CA (US);
Alex Liang, Dublin, CA (US);
Igor Polishchuk, Dublin, CA (US);
Allan Steinhardt, Dublin, CA (US);
AEYE, Inc., Dublin, CA (US);
Abstract
A lidar system that includes a laser source and transmits laser pulses produced by the laser source toward range points in a field of view via a mirror that scans through a plurality of scan angles can use (1) a laser energy model to model the available energy in the laser source over time and (2) a mirror motion model to model motion of the mirror over time. A shot list for the upcoming laser pulse shots that are modeled according to the laser energy and mirror motion models can further be controlled based on eye safety and/or camera safety models to prevent the lidar system firing too much laser energy into defined spatial areas over defined time periods and thus reduce the risk of damage to eyes and/or cameras in the field of view.