Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid direct detection and coherent light detection and ranging system
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Application No.: US15390454Application Date: 2016-12-23
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Publication No.: US10436906B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Pierre-Yves Droz
- Applicant: Waymo LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Waymo LLC
- Current Assignee: Waymo LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: G01S17/58
- IPC: G01S17/58 ; G01S7/487 ; G01S17/02 ; G01S17/10

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for determining a range and relative speed of objects in an environment. An example method includes causing a laser light source to emit a plurality of light pulses, both incoherent and coherent. The light pulses interact with an environment to provide reflected light pulses. The method includes providing a local oscillator signal based on a coherent light pulse. The method also includes receiving, at a detector, the reflected light pulses, and the local oscillator signal. The method additionally includes determining, based on at least one of the reflected light pulses, a presence of an object in the environment. The method yet further includes determining, based on another reflected light pulse and the local oscillator signal, a relative speed of the object with respect to the detector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180180739A1 Hybrid Direct Detection & Coherent Light Detection and Ranging System Public/Granted day:2018-06-28
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