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Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2020
Applicant:

Pointcloud Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Alexander Yukio Piggott, San Mateo, CA (US);

Alexander Alexeevich Gondarenko, San Jose, CA (US);

Steven Andrew Fortune, Wanaka, NZ;

Andrew James Compston, San Francisco, CA (US);

Robert Francis Wiser, San Francisco, CA (US);

Remus Nicolaescu, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Pointcloud Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/894 (2020.01); G01S 7/493 (2006.01); G01S 17/32 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/894 (2020.01); G01S 7/493 (2013.01); G01S 17/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

A dynamically reconfigurable Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) system can generate improved ranging data one or more regions of three-dimensional (3D) images generated by the system. The images can be segmented, and global or local optical characteristics (e.g., power, illumination duration, bandwidth, framerate frequency) of the light can be modified to increase the 3D image quality for the segments of the image.


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