Ladar system with adaptive receiver

LC Dussan, A Steinhardt, D Cook - US Patent 11,175,386, 2021 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are various embodiments for a ladar system that includes an adaptive
ladar receiver whereby the active pixels in a photodetector array used for reception of ladar …

Ladar system and method with frequency domain shuttering

LC Dussan, A Steinhardt, JS Greene… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A ladar system and related method are disclosed where a ladar transmitter
transmits ladar pulses toward a plurality of range points, and a ladar receiver receives ladar …

Ladar system and method with cross-receiver

LC Dussan, A Steinhardt, JS Greene… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
A ladar system and related method are disclosed where the system includes a ladar
transmitter and a ladar receiver. The ladar transmitter transmits ladar pulses into a field of …

Ladar transmitter with ellipsoidal reimager

LC Dussan, DR Demmer, J Stockton… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
US11300779B2 - Ladar transmitter with ellipsoidal reimager - Google Patents
US11300779B2 - Ladar transmitter with ellipsoidal reimager - Google Patents Ladar …

Adaptive control of ladar shot energy using spatial index of prior ladar return data

LC Dussan, A Steinhardt, F Presutti… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are examples of ladar systems and methods where data about a plurality
of ladar returns from prior ladar pulse shots gets stored in a spatial index that associates …

Hyper temporal lidar with dynamic laser control for scan line shot scheduling

P Feru, L Dussan, J Benscoter, A Liang… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A lidar system that includes a laser source and a scannable mirror can be
controlled to maximize the firing of laser pulse shots per scan line of the scannable mirror …

Systems and methods for mitigating effects of high-reflectivity objects in LiDAR data

Y Uehara - US Patent 11,041,957, 2021 - Google Patents
Abstract System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving
observations of a surrounding environment using a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) …

Focal region optical elements for high-performance optical scanners

RS Upton, AJ Sutton, A Lipson, N Axelrod - US Patent 10,955,531, 2021 - Google Patents
An optical device includes a light source, which is configured to emit a beam of light, and a
sensor having a detection area. At least one scanning mirror is configured to scan the beam …

Ladar system with intelligent selection of shot patterns based on field of view data

LC Dussan, A Steinhardt, JD Benscoter… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
Abstract Ladar System with Intelligent Selection of Shot Patterns Based on Field of View
Data A ladar transmitter that transmits ladar pulses toward a plurality of range points in a …

Multiline lidar

QIU Chunxin, L Liu - US Patent 10,838,046, 2020 - Google Patents
A multiline lidar includes: a laser emitting array configured to emit multi-beam laser; a laser
receiving array configured to receive multiplexed laser echoes reflected by a target object; …