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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2023
Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Luke Wachter, San Francisco, CA (US);
Pierre-Yves Droz, Los Altos, CA (US);
Clayton Kunz, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed to identify a presence of a volumetric medium in an environment associated with a LIDAR system. In some implementations, the LIDAR system may emit a light pulse into the environment, receive a return light pulse corresponding to reflection of the emitted light pulse by a surface in the environment, and determine a pulse width of the received light pulse. The LIDAR system may compare the determined pulse width with a reference pulse width, and determine an amount of pulse elongation of the received light pulse. The LIDAR system may classify the surface as either an object to be avoided by a vehicle or as air particulates associated with the volumetric medium based, at least in part, on the determined amount of pulse elongation.