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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Uatc, Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventor:
Scott Boehmke, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
UATC, LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/42 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G02B 26/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/42 (2013.01); G01S 7/48 (2013.01); G01S 7/4814 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G02B 26/123 (2013.01);
Abstract
A LIDAR sensor for an autonomous vehicle (AV) can include one or more lasers outputting one or more laser beams, one or more non-mechanical optical components to (i) receive the one or more laser beams, (ii) configure a field of view of the LIDAR sensor, and (iii) output modulated frequencies from the one or more laser beams, and one or more photodetectors to detect return signals based on the outputted modulated frequencies from the one or more laser beams.