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Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 22, 2020
Applicant:

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);

Inventor:

Paul D. Schmalenberg, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 17/06 (2006.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 7/487 (2006.01); H01L 31/105 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 7/487 (2013.01); G01S 17/06 (2013.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); H01L 31/105 (2013.01);
Abstract

Improved systems and methods are provided to implement anomaly detection. The method includes a FMCW LIDAR system that steers the laser beam of the LIDAR system via the wavelength tuning of a FMCW. The direction of the laser beam can be diffracted and controlled by the optical grating antennas which may diffract the laser beam as a function of wavelength. The method may also provide a LIDAR sensor with exhibits a controlled and wide-angle fill or output without the use of conventional mechanical mechanisms for scanning. The LIDAR system provides a cost-effective method to reduce scan dimensionality without sacrificing performance.


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