Ladar receiver with advanced optics

LC Dussan, A Steinhardt, D Cook - US Patent 10,641,872, 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 …

Ladar receiver with co-bore sited camera

LC Dussan, A Steinhardt, JD Benscoter… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein is a ladar system that includes a ladar transmitter, ladar receiver, and
camera, where the camera that is co-bore sited with the ladar receiver, the camera …

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 …

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 …

Processing point clouds of vehicle sensors having variable scan line distributions using interpolation functions

B Englard, EC Danziger, AK Russell - US Patent 10,768,304, 2020 - Google Patents
A method for processing point clouds having variable spatial distributions of scan lines
includes receiving a point cloud frame generated by a sensor configured to sense an …

Method and apparatus for an adaptive ladar receiver

LC Dussan, A Steinhardt, D Cook - US Patent 10,641,873, 2020 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of an adaptive ladar receiver and associated
method whereby the active pixels in a photodetector array used for reception of ladar pulse …

Ladar transmitter with ellipsoidal reimager

LC Dussan, DR Demmer, J Stockton… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
US10642029B2 - Ladar transmitter with ellipsoidal reimager - Google Patents
US10642029B2 - Ladar transmitter with ellipsoidal reimager - Google Patents Ladar …

Adaptive ladar receiver

LC Dussan, A Steinhardt, D Cook - US Patent 10,754,015, 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 …

Adaptive ladar receiving method

LC Dussan, A Steinhardt, D Cook - US Patent 10,761,196, 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 …

Vehicle-integrated LIDAR system

JT O'keeffe - US Patent 10,578,719, 2020 - Google Patents
Mounting a LIDAR above or external to a vehicle can enhance the LIDAR field of view but
can conflict with vehicle aesthetics and ergonomics. Within embodiments, vehicle-integrated …