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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2021
Cepton Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Mark A. Mccord, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Cepton Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A LiDAR system includes a LiDAR sensor and an infrared (IR) camera. The LiDAR sensor includes one or more light sources configured to emit a set of light pulses, one or more detectors configured to receive a set of return light pulses, and a processor configured to determine a time of flight for each return light pulse, and obtain a point cloud based on the times of flight of the set of return light pulses. The IR camera is configured to capture IR images concurrently with operation of the LiDAR sensor, analyze the IR images to detect presence of suspicious IR pulses, and provide information about the suspicious IR pulses to the LiDAR sensor. The processor of the LiDAR sensor is further configured to identify one or more points of the point cloud as suspicious points due to interference based on the information about the suspicious IR pulses.