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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
May. 12, 2021
Luminar Technologies, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Stephen D. Gaalema, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Gary Lee Kline, Orlando, FL (US);
Luminar Technologies, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A receiver of a lidar system configured to receive one or more scattered light pulses from a target in a field of regard of the lidar system. The receiver includes a detector that emits an electric signal representative of the received light pulse in response to detecting the received light pulse. The receiver further includes one or more analog circuits configured to receive the electric signal from the detector, sample one or more voltages of the electric signal, and determine the energy of the received light pulse based at least on the one or more sampled voltages. The lidar system may further calculate a reflectivity and/or other characteristics of the target based at least on the energy of the received light pulse.