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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2024
Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark Alexander Shand, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Example embodiments relate to selective deactivation of light emitters for interference mitigation in light detection and ranging (lidar) devices. An example method includes deactivating one or more light emitters within a lidar device during a firing cycle. The method also includes identifying whether interference is influencing measurements made by the lidar device. Identifying whether interference is influencing measurements made by the lidar device includes determining, for each light detector of the lidar device that is associated with the one or more light emitters deactivated during the firing cycle, whether a light signal was detected during the firing cycle.