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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2024
Applicant:
Aurora Operations, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventors:
Sen Lin, Mountain View, CA (US);
Andrew Steil Michaels, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
AURORA OPERATIONS, INC., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/499 (2005.12); G01S 7/481 (2005.12); G01S 7/4863 (2019.12); G01S 17/931 (2019.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/499 (2012.12); G01S 7/4816 (2012.12); G01S 7/4863 (2012.12); G01S 17/931 (2019.12);
Abstract
A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor system includes a dual-polarization optical antenna, a single-polarization optical antenna, a first receiver, and a second receiver. The dual-polarization optical antenna is configured to (i) emit a transmit beam with a first polarization orientation and (ii) and detect a return beam having a second polarization orientation. The single-polarization optical antenna is configured to detect the return beam having the second polarization orientation.