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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2020
Lg Innotek Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Dane P. Bennington, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ryan T. Davis, Woodside, CA (US);
Michel H. J. Laverne, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for multi-detector LIDAR and methods. An example method may include emitting, by a light emitter of a LIDAR system, a first light pulse. The example method may also include activating a first light detector of the LIDAR system at a first time, the first time corresponding a time when return light corresponding to the first light pulse would be within a first field of view of the first light detector. The example method may also include activating a second light detector of the LIDAR system at a second time, the second time corresponding a time when return light corresponding to the first light pulse would be within a second field of view of the second light detector, wherein the first light detector is configured to include the first field of view, the first field of view being associated with a first range from the light emitter, and wherein the second light detector configured to include the second field of view, the second field of view being associated with a second range from the light emitter.