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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2020
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Daniel Stricker-Shaver, Besigheim, DE;
Mathias Bachmeir, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Remigius Has, Grafenau-Daetzingen, DE;
Thomas Hasenohr, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE;
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method for operating a LIDAR device by a control unit is provided. At least one beam pulse is emitted into a sampling range by a beam source, and beams that are reflected and/or back-scattered from the sampling range are received by a detector that includes multiple single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) cells, and converted into electrical counting pulses. The at least one beam pulse is generated with a lengthened falling intensity edge, and the detector is read out by a DC-coupled readout electronics system. Moreover, a control unit and a LIDAR device are provided.