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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2022
Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Georges Goetz, Mountain View, CA (US);
James Dunphy, San Jose, CA (US);
Augusto Tazzoli, San Jose, CA (US);
David Schleuning, Piedmont, CA (US);
Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Example embodiments relate to time-division multiple access scanning for crosstalk mitigation in light detection and ranging (lidar) devices. An example embodiment includes a method. The method includes emitting a first group of light signals into a surrounding environment. The first group of light signals corresponds to a first angular resolution. The method also includes detecting, during a first listening window, a first group of reflected light signals. Additionally, the method includes emitting a second group of light signals into the surrounding environment. The second group of light signals corresponds to a second angular resolution with respect to the surrounding environment. The second angular resolution is lower than the first angular resolution. Further, the method includes detecting a second group of reflected light signals from the surrounding environment. In addition, the method includes synthesizing, by a controller of the lidar device, a dataset usable to generate one or more point clouds.