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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2022
Applicant:

Innovusion, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Rui Zhang, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Yimin Li, Cupertino, CA (US);

Junwei Bao, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

INNOVUSION, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/4865 (2020.01); G02B 27/09 (2006.01); G01S 7/4912 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 7/4865 (2013.01); G01S 7/4912 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G02B 27/0922 (2013.01);
Abstract

LiDAR system and methods discussed herein use a dispersion element or optic that has a refraction gradient that causes a light pulse to be redirected to a particular angle based on its wavelength. The dispersion element can be used to control a scanning path for light pulses being projected as part of the LiDAR's field of view. The dispersion element enables redirection of light pulses without requiring the physical movement of a medium such as mirror or other reflective surface, and in effect further enables at least portion of the LiDAR's field of view to be managed through solid state control. The solid state control can be performed by selectively adjusting the wavelength of the light pulses to control their projection along the scanning path.


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