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Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 07, 2022
Applicant:

Infineon Technologies Ag, Neubiberg, DE;

Inventor:

Boris Kirillov, Judendorf-Straßenge, AT;

Assignee:

Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/4863 (2020.01); G01S 7/4865 (2020.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4815 (2013.01); G01S 7/4863 (2013.01); G01S 7/4865 (2013.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01);
Abstract

A method of scanning a field of view implemented by a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) system includes transmitting pulsed light into the field of view; receiving, by a photodetector array, light from the field of view, wherein the photodetector array is configured to receive the light from objects in the field of view corresponding to ambient light and the pulsed light reflected therefrom; generating, by the photodetector array, DC signal components exclusively attributed to receiving the ambient light and AC signal components exclusively attributed to receiving the pulsed light; separating, by a processing circuit, the DC signal components from the AC signal components; generating, by the processing circuit, a two-dimensional image that represents an ambient light image of the field of view from the DC signal components; and generating, by the processing circuit, a three-dimensional image of the field of view from the AC signal components.


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