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 …

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

LC Dussan, A Steinhardt, JD Benscoter… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
A ladar transmitter that transmits ladar pulses toward a plurality of range points in a field of
view can be controlled to target range points based on any of a plurality of defined shot list …

Adaptive control of Ladar systems using spatial index of prior Ladar return data

LC Dussan, A Steinhardt, F Presutti… - US Patent …, 2020 - 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 …

Adaptive control of Ladar shot selection using spatial index of prior Ladar return data

LC Dussan, A Steinhardt, F Presutti… - US Patent …, 2020 - 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 …

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 …

Adaptive control of ladar system camera using spatial index of prior ladar return data

LC Dussan, A Steinhardt, F Presutti… - US Patent …, 2020 - 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 …

Low latency intra-frame motion estimation based on clusters of ladar pulses

LC Dussan, A Steinhardt, JD Benscoter… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
A ladar system can estimate intra-frame motion for an object within a field of view of the ladar
system using a tight cluster of ladar pulses. For example, ladar pulses in a cluster can be …

Ladar system and method with adaptive pulse duration

LC Dussan, A Steinhardt, JS Greene… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
A ladar system and related method are disclosed where the ladar system includes a sensor
that senses background light levels. A control circuit of the ladar system (1) measures the …

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 receiver range measurement using distinct optical path for reference light

LC Dussan, A Steinhardt, D Cook - US Patent 10,782,393, 2020 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are various embodiment of an adaptive ladar receiver and associated
method whereby the active pixels in a photodetector array used for reception of ladar pulse …