Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lidar depth measurement systems and methods
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Application No.: US16163109Application Date: 2018-10-17
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Publication No.: US11353587B2Publication Date: 2022-06-07
- Inventor: Michael Hall
- Applicant: Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: FisherBroyles, LLP
- Main IPC: G01S17/89
- IPC: G01S17/89 ; G01S17/08 ; G01S7/483 ; G06T7/50 ; G01S7/51

Abstract:
The disclosed system may include (1) a light source that emits light pulses into a field of view, (2) a light sensor array that captures light reflected from the field of view resulting from the light pulses, (3) a light control subsystem that (a) controls an emission timing of the light source and (b) controls a capture timing of the light sensor array relative to the emission timing of the light source, and (4) a depth measurement subsystem that generated depth measurements of at least some of the field of view based at least in part on output from the light sensor array, where operation of the light control subsystem is based at least in part on prior knowledge of the field of view. Various other methods and systems are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190293796A1 LIDAR DEPTH MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2019-09-26
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