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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2017
Luminar Technologies, Inc., Portola Valley, CA (US);
David Welford, Danvers, MA (US);
Martin A. Jaspan, Somerville, MA (US);
Jason M. Eichenholz, Orlando, FL (US);
Scott R. Campbell, Sanford, FL (US);
Lane A. Martin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Matthew D. Weed, Winter Park, FL (US);
Luminar Technologies, Inc., Portola Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a lidar system includes a Q-switched laser configured to emit pulses of light, where the Q-switched laser includes a gain medium and a Q-switch. The lidar system further includes a scanner configured to scan the emitted pulses of light across a field of regard and a receiver configured to detect at least a portion of the scanned pulses of light scattered by a target located a distance from the lidar system. The lidar system also includes a processor configured to determine the distance from the lidar system to the target based at least in part on a round-trip time of flight for an emitted pulse of light to travel from the lidar system to the target and back to the lidar system.