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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2023
Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Blaise Gassend, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Benjamin Ingram, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Andreas Wendel, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark Alexander Shand, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
One example system comprises a LIDAR sensor that rotates about an axis to scan an environment of the LIDAR sensor. The system also comprises one or more cameras that detect external light originating from one or more external light sources. The one or more cameras together provide a plurality of rows of sensing elements. The rows of sensing elements are aligned with the axis of rotation of the LIDAR sensor. The system also comprises a controller that operates the one or more cameras to obtain a sequence of image pixel rows. A first image pixel row in the sequence is indicative of external light detected by a first row of sensing elements during a first exposure time period. A second image pixel row in the sequence is indicative of external light detected by a second row of sensing elements during a second exposure time period.