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Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 29, 2021
Applicant:

Beijing Voyager Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, CN;

Inventors:

Yue Lu, Mountain View, CA (US);

Vipul Chawla, Mountain View, CA (US);

Youmin Wang, Youmin, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 7/4865 (2020.01); G01S 17/10 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4865 (2013.01); G01S 17/10 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01);
Abstract

Apparatus and methods for reducing inter symbol interference from reflected laser pulses that are received close in time. A laser is provided to emit a laser beam pulse. A photodetector is mounted to receive a reflected laser beam pulse after reflecting off an object in an external environment, and produce a voltage signal corresponding to the reflected laser beam pulse. The voltage signal is provided to a delay path circuit having a delay line and a gain control circuit to provide a delayed, reduced amplitude voltage signal. The delayed, reduced amplitude voltage signal is subtracted from the voltage signal in a subtraction circuit to produce a truncated pulse. The output of the subtraction circuit is provided to a pulse detector circuit to detect the arrival time of the leading edge of the truncated pulse.


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