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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2023
Lg Innotek Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Dane P. Bennington, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ryan T. Davis, Woodside, CA (US);
Michel H. J. Laverne, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A method including emitting, by an emitting device of an optical ranging system at a first time, a first light pulse; increasing, after the first time, a sensitivity of a photodetector of the optical ranging system from a first sensitivity at a second time to a second sensitivity at a third time; decreasing, after the third time, the sensitivity of the photodetector of the optical ranging system from the second sensitivity to the first sensitivity at a fourth time, wherein the fourth time is after the photodetector receives a return light based on the first light pulse; and emitting, by the optical ranging system at a fifth time after the fourth time, a second light pulse.