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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2022
Applicant:
Aurora Operations, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Edward Joseph Angus, Bozeman, MT (US);
Zeb William Barber, Bozeman, MT (US);
Andrew Steil Michaels, Los Altos, CA (US);
Evan Rogers, Bozeman, MT (US);
Assignee:
AURORA OPERATIONS, INC., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/88 (2006.01); G01S 7/499 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/88 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); G01S 7/499 (2013.01); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor system for a vehicle includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a scanner. The transmitter is configured to output a transmit beam. The transmitter includes a first grating coupler. The receiver includes a plurality of second grating couplers spaced apart from the first grating coupler.