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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2023
Aeva, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Kevin Larson Pollock, San Jose, CA (US);
Adrian Cort, San Francisco, CA (US);
Keith Gagne, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Bradley Scot Levin, San Jose, CA (US);
AEVA, INC., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of aligning an optical lens in a LiDAR system includes emitting an optical beam by an optical source. The method includes placing the optical lens in front of a photodetector at a first predetermined position. The method further includes moving the optical lens to a plurality of Z-positions along a direction of an optical axis, the plurality of Z-positions corresponding to a plurality of parameter values of the LO signal. The method further includes generating a fitting function based on a set of values of the LO signal; and determining a parameter value of the LO signal for each Z-position. The method includes determining an initial Z-axis position of the optical lens by selecting a Z-position from the plurality of Z-positions based on a plurality of parameter values. The method includes determining a final Z-position of the optical lens by adding an offset to the initial Z-axis position.