Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Array of waveguide diffusers for light detection using an aperture and a given total internal reflection waveguide
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Application No.: US16830680Application Date: 2020-03-26
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Publication No.: US11714171B2Publication Date: 2023-08-01
- Inventor: Pierre-Yves Droz , David Hutchison
- 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: G02B6/10
- IPC: G02B6/10 ; G01S7/4863 ; G02B19/00 ; G01S17/89 ; G02B27/09 ; G01S7/481 ; G01S17/00 ; G02B5/00 ; G02B6/08

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to limitation of noise on light detectors using an aperture. One example implementation includes a system. The system includes a lens that focuses light from a scene toward a focal plane. The system also includes an aperture defined within an opaque material. The system also includes a plurality of waveguides. A given waveguide of the plurality has an input end that receives a portion of light transmitted through the aperture, and guides the received portion toward an output end of the given waveguide. A cross-sectional area of the guided portion at the output end is greater than a cross-sectional area of the received portion at the input end. The system also includes an array of light detectors that detects the guided light transmitted through the output end.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200225410A1 Array of Waveguide Diffusers for Light Detection using an Aperture Public/Granted day:2020-07-16
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