Ladar transmitter with optical field splitter/inverter for improved gaze on scan area portions

LC Dussan - US Patent 10,908,262, 2021 - Google Patents
US10908262B2 - Ladar transmitter with optical field splitter/inverter for improved gaze on
scan area portions - Google Patents US10908262B2 - Ladar transmitter with optical field …

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 …

System and method for precision localization and mapping

V Ghadiok, M Gleeson-May - US Patent 10,209,081, 2019 - Google Patents
ABSTRACT A method for localization and mapping, including recording an image at a
camera mounted to a vehicle, the vehicle associated with a global system location; …

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 …

System and method for image analysis

RK Satzoda, S Sathyanarayana - US Patent 10,037,471, 2018 - Google Patents
A method for image analysis, including recording an image sequence at a vehicle system
mounted to a vehicle; automatically detecting an object within the image sequence with a …

Intelligent ladar system with low latency motion planning updates

LC Dussan, A Steinhardt, JD Benscoter… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods are disclosed for vehicle motion planning where a sensor,
such as a ladar system, is used to detect threatening or anomalous conditions within the …

Subjective route risk mapping and mitigation

C Hsu-Hoffman, R Madigan, T McKenna - US Patent 10,269,075, 2019 - Google Patents
A system for determining a subjective risk score may include a vehicle and/or a computing
device associated with a user travelling within the vehicle. The computing device may …

Systems and methods for safe route determination

S Heck, S Sathyanarayana, C Hornbaker - US Patent 10,733,460, 2020 - Google Patents
A method for safe route determination, including determining a geographic risk map for a
geographic region, wherein the geographic risk map is determined based on a vehicle event …

System and method for driver distraction determination

L Levkova, S Heck, BO Alpert, RK Satzoda… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method for determining distraction of a driver of a vehicle, including
sampling sensor measurements at an onboard system of the vehicle; generating an output …

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 …