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Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024

Filed:

Oct. 07, 2020
Applicant:

Luminar Technologies, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);

Inventors:

Pranav Maheshwari, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Meseret R. Gebre, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Shubham C. Khilari, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Vahid R. Ramezani, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Luminar Technologies, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/58 (2006.01); G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 13/58 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G06F 18/23 (2023.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/58 (2013.01); G01S 7/4808 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 13/588 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G06F 18/23 (2023.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01);
Abstract

A scanning imaging sensor is configured to sense an environment through which a vehicle is moving. A method for determining one or velocities associated with objects in the environment includes generating features from the first set of scan lines and the second set of scan lines, the two sets corresponding to two instances in time. The method further includes generating a collection of candidate velocities based on feature locations and time differences, the features selected pairwise with one from the first set and another from the second set. Furthermore, the method includes analyzing the distribution of candidate velocities, for example, by identifying one or more modes from the collection of the candidate velocities.


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