Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated lidar image-sensor devices and systems and related methods of operation
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Application No.: US16542696Application Date: 2019-08-16
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Publication No.: US11598857B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Hod Finkelstein , Dietrich Dehlinger , Scott Burroughs , Brent Fisher
- Applicant: Sense Photonics, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NC Durham
- Assignee: Sense Photonics, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sense Photonics, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Durham
- Agency: Myers Bigel, P.A.
- Main IPC: G01S7/48
- IPC: G01S7/48 ; G01S7/4863 ; G01S7/487 ; G01S7/481

Abstract:
A Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) apparatus includes a detector having a first pixel and a second pixel configured to output respective detection signals responsive to light incident thereon, and receiver optics configured to collect the light over a field of view and direct first and second portions of the light to the first and second pixels, respectively. The first pixel includes one or more time of flight (ToF) sensors, and the second pixel includes one or more image sensors. At least one of the receiver optics or arrangement of the first and second pixels in the detector is configured to correlate the first and second pixels such that depth information indicated by the respective detection signals output from the first pixel is correlated with image information indicated by the respective detection signals output from the second pixel. Related devices and methods of operation are also discussed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200057151A1 INTEGRATED LIDAR IMAGE-SENSOR DEVICES AND SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS OF OPERATION Public/Granted day:2020-02-20
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