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Patent No.:

US 9797995 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 04, 2016

Modular ladar sensor

Applicant:

Continental Advanced Lidar Solutions Us, Llc, Carpinteria, CA (US);

Inventors:

Patrick Gilliland, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Laurent Heughebaert, Santa Paula, CA (US);

Joseph Spagnolia, Ventura, CA (US);

Brad Short, Goleta, CA (US);

Roger Stettner, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Continental Advanced Lidar Solutions US, LLC., Auburn Hills, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Brian Yenke

Assistant Examiner:

Justin Sanders

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/483 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01); G01S 7/486 (2006.01); G01S 17/93 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); H04N 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01); G01S 17/87 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4863 (2013.01); G01S 7/4813 (2013.01); G01S 17/87 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G01S 17/936 (2013.01); H04N 13/0051 (2013.01); H04N 13/0062 (2013.01); H04N 13/025 (2013.01);
Abstract

A mobile ladar platform having a ladar sensor, a positioning system, and a digital processor adapted to perform analysis of a scene in a field of view. The ladar sensor includes a ladar transmitter, a zero range reference circuit, a two-dimensional array of light sensitive detectors positioned at a focal plane of a light collecting and focusing system, and a readout integrated circuit with a plurality of unit cell electrical circuits. The ladar sensor also includes a detector bias circuit and a communications port.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Gilliland, Patrick. (2017). Modular ladar sensor (U.S. Patent No. 9797995). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9797995

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