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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:
Oct. 15, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2023
Applicant:

Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Marx, Mountain View, CA (US);

Pierre-Yves Droz, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/484 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/491 (2020.01); G01S 17/10 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/484 (2013.01); G01S 7/481 (2013.01); G01S 7/491 (2013.01); G01S 17/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

One example device comprises a plurality of emitters including at least a first emitter and a second emitter. The first emitter emits light that illuminates a first portion of a field-of-view (FOV) of the device. The second emitter emits light that illuminates a second portion of the FOV. The device also comprises a controller that obtains a scan of the FOV. The controller causes each emitter of the plurality of emitters to emit a respective light pulse during an emission time period associated with the scan. The controller causes the first emitter to emit a first-emitter light pulse at a first-emitter time offset from a start time of the emission time period. The controller causes the second emitter to emit a second-emitter light pulse at a second-emitter time offset from the start time of the emission time period.


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