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Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2023
Applicant:

Hesai Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai, CN;

Inventors:

Guowei Xiao, Shanghai, CN;

Xin Zhao, Shanghai, CN;

Qingguo Yu, Shanghai, CN;

Shaoqing Xiang, Shanghai, CN;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/487 (2006.01); G01S 7/497 (2006.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/487 (2013.01); G01S 7/497 (2013.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01); G01S 2007/4975 (2013.01);
Abstract

A detection method for stain on a light cover of a LiDAR, including: transmitting a multi-pulse sequence with pulse coding; receiving an echo; obtaining an echo pulse sequence in the echo corresponding to the multi-pulse sequence; determining whether the light cover of the LiDAR has a stain based on a time of flight (TOF) of the echo pulse sequence. The present disclosure utilizes light beams generated by a transmitter unit of the LiDAR to detect a stain on the light cover, without the necessity to add an extra light source and/or detector device. The present disclosure provides a simple structure, which saves internal space of the LiDAR. In this application, the detection is completed by using the coded time, TOF and the number of echo points, and the detection accuracy is high and the misjudgment can be avoided.


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