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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2023
Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark Alexander Shand, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computing system may operate a LIDAR device to emit light pulses in accordance with a time sequence including a time-varying dither. The system may then determine that the LIDAR detected return light pulses during corresponding detection periods for each of two or more emitted light pulses. Responsively, the system may determine that the detected return light pulses have (i) detection times relative to corresponding emission times of a plurality of first emitted light pulses that are indicative of a first set of ranges and (ii) detection times relative to corresponding emission times of a plurality of second emitted light pulses that are indicative of a second set of ranges. Given this, the system may select between using the first set of ranges as a basis for object detection and using the second set of ranges as a basis for object detection, and may then engage in object detection accordingly.