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公开(公告)号:US20230291885A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-14
申请号:US18317409
申请日:2023-05-15
Applicant: Ouster, Inc.
Inventor: Angus Pacala
IPC: H04N13/25 , G01S17/894 , G01S17/86 , G01S17/10 , H04N13/243 , H04N13/296 , H04N13/254 , H04N23/58
CPC classification number: H04N13/25 , G01S17/894 , G01S17/86 , G01S17/10 , H04N13/243 , H04N13/296 , H04N13/254 , H04N23/58 , H04N2013/0081
Abstract: A stereoscopic imager system, comprising: a sensor array comprising a first plurality of photosensors and a second plurality of photosensors spaced apart from the first plurality of photosensors by a gap, the first plurality of photosensors and the second plurality of photosensors being configured to detect ambient light in a scene; a moving component coupled to the sensor array and operable to move the sensor array between a first position and a second position within a full rotational image capturing cycle; and a system controller coupled to the sensor array and the moving component. The system controller can be configured to: move a field of view of a sensor array by instructing the moving component to capture a first image of an object in the scene with the first plurality of photosensors from a first perspective at the first position, and to capture a second image of the scene of the object in the scene with the second plurality of photosensors from a second perspective at the second position; and calculate, based on the first image and the second image, a distance to the object using an optical baseline defined by the gap.
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公开(公告)号:US11726204B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-15
申请号:US16593735
申请日:2019-10-04
Applicant: Ouster, Inc.
Inventor: Angus Pacala , Mark Frichtl
IPC: G01S17/08 , G01S17/89 , G01S7/497 , G01S7/481 , G01S17/10 , G01S7/4863 , B81B5/00 , G01S17/931 , G06V20/58 , H01L31/02 , G01S17/88 , G02B27/30 , H01L27/146 , G02B26/10 , G02B3/00 , G02B26/08 , H01L25/16 , H01S5/183 , H01S5/40
CPC classification number: G01S17/08 , B81B5/00 , G01S7/4815 , G01S7/4817 , G01S7/4863 , G01S7/497 , G01S17/10 , G01S17/88 , G01S17/89 , G01S17/931 , G02B26/10 , G02B27/30 , G06V20/58 , H01L27/14643 , H01L31/02027 , G02B3/0056 , G02B3/0068 , G02B26/08 , G02B26/105 , H01L25/167 , H01S5/183 , H01S5/4075
Abstract: Embodiments describe a solid state electronic scanning LIDAR system that includes a scanning focal plane transmitting element and a scanning focal plane receiving element whose operations are synchronized so that the firing sequence of an emitter array in the transmitting element corresponds to a capturing sequence of a photosensor array in the receiving element. During operation, the emitter array can sequentially fire one or more light emitters into a scene and the reflected light can be received by a corresponding set of one or more photosensors through an aperture layer positioned in front of the photosensors. Each light emitter can correspond with an aperture in the aperture layer, and each aperture can correspond to a photosensor in the receiving element such that each light emitter corresponds with a specific photosensor in the receiving element.
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公开(公告)号:US20230243975A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-03
申请号:US18150961
申请日:2023-01-06
Applicant: Ouster, Inc.
Inventor: Aaron Jaffey , David Storrar , Angus Pacala
IPC: G01S17/894 , G01S17/14 , G01S7/4863 , G01S7/4865
CPC classification number: G01S17/894 , G01S7/4863 , G01S7/4866 , G01S17/14
Abstract: A lidar system may include a programmable configuration memory, configured to receive configuration values for controlling histogramming operations performed by the lidar system. The lidar system may also include an array controller, configured or programmed or set to read the configuration values and send control signals according to the configuration values in the programmable configuration memory. The lidar system may also include a sensor array, where the sensor array includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel in the plurality of pixels may include a photosensor, summation circuitry, and a memory device. Each of the plurality of pixels may be configured to generate histogram data by collecting photon counts during a plurality of time bins for each of a plurality of laser cycles.
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公开(公告)号:US11473969B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-18
申请号:US16534855
申请日:2019-08-07
Applicant: Ouster, Inc.
Inventor: Angus Pacala , Mark Frichtl
IPC: G01S7/48 , G01J1/42 , G01J3/51 , G01J3/02 , G01S17/89 , G01S7/481 , G01S17/86 , G01J3/46 , G01S17/931 , G01S7/4863 , G01S7/4865 , H01L31/02 , G01S17/88
Abstract: A multispectral sensor array can include a combination of ranging sensor channels (e.g., LIDAR sensor channels) and ambient-light sensor channels tuned to detect ambient light having a channel-specific property (e.g., color). The sensor channels can be arranged and spaced to provide multispectral images of a field of view in which the multispectral images from different sensors are inherently aligned with each other to define an array of multispectral image pixels. Various optical elements can be provided to facilitate imaging operations. Light ranging/imaging systems incorporating multispectral sensor arrays can operate in rotating and/or static modes.
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公开(公告)号:US11340336B2
公开(公告)日:2022-05-24
申请号:US16209875
申请日:2018-12-04
Applicant: Ouster, Inc.
Inventor: Angus Pacala , Mark Frichtl , Marvin Shu , Eric Younge
IPC: G01S7/48 , G01S7/481 , G01S17/89 , G01S17/42 , G01S7/486 , B60L3/00 , H01S5/14 , H02J7/02 , G01S7/4863 , G01S7/497 , G01S17/931 , G01S17/10 , H01F38/14 , H05K1/02 , H05K1/14 , H05K1/18 , H05K5/00 , H04B10/114 , G02B3/00 , H02J50/10 , G05D1/02 , H02K11/00
Abstract: A light ranging system including a shaft having a longitudinal axis; a light ranging device configured to rotate about the longitudinal axis of the shaft, the light ranging device including a light source configured to transmit light pulses to objects in a surrounding environment, and detector circuitry configured to detect reflected portions of the light pulses that are reflected from the objects in the surrounding environment and to compute ranging data based on the reflected portion of the light pulses; a base subsystem that does not rotate about the shaft; and an optical communications subsystem configured to provide an optical communications channel between the base subsystem and the light ranging device, the optical communications subsystem including one or more turret optical communication components connected to the detector circuitry and one or more base optical communication components connected to the base subsystem.
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公开(公告)号:US11300665B2
公开(公告)日:2022-04-12
申请号:US17323983
申请日:2021-05-18
Applicant: Ouster, Inc.
Inventor: Angus Pacala , Mark Frichtl , Marvin Shu , Eric Younge
IPC: G01S7/48 , G01S7/481 , G01S7/486 , G01S7/4863 , G01S7/497 , G01S17/10 , G01S17/42 , G01S17/89 , G01S17/931 , G02B3/00 , H01F38/14 , H01S5/14 , H04B10/114 , H05K1/02 , H05K1/14 , H05K1/18 , H05K5/00 , B60L3/00 , H02J50/10 , G05D1/02 , H02K11/00
Abstract: A light ranging system including a shaft; a first circuit board assembly that includes a stator assembly comprising a plurality of stator elements arranged about the shaft on a surface of the first circuit board assembly; a second circuit board assembly rotationally coupled to the shaft, wherein the second circuit board assembly includes a rotor assembly comprising a plurality of rotor elements arranged about the shaft on a surface of the second circuit board assembly such that the plurality of rotor elements are aligned with and spaced apart from the plurality of stator elements; a stator driver circuit disposed on either the second or the first circuit board assemblies and configured to provide a drive signal to the plurality of stator elements, thereby imparting an electromagnetic force on the plurality of rotor elements to drive a rotation of the second circuit board assembly about the shaft; and a light ranging device mechanically coupled to the second circuit board assembly such that the light ranging device rotates with the second circuit board assembly.
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公开(公告)号:US11190750B2
公开(公告)日:2021-11-30
申请号:US16046643
申请日:2018-07-26
Applicant: Ouster, Inc.
Inventor: Angus Pacala , Mark Frichtl
Abstract: An optical system for collecting distance information within a field is provided. The optical system may include lenses for collecting photons from a field and may include lenses for distributing photons to a field. The optical system may include lenses that collimate photons passed by an aperture, optical filters that reject normally incident light outside of the operating wavelength, and pixels that detect incident photons. The optical system may further include illumination sources that output photons at an operating wavelength.
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公开(公告)号:US20210306609A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-30
申请号:US17317809
申请日:2021-05-11
Applicant: Ouster, Inc.
Inventor: Angus Pacala , Mark Frichtl
Abstract: An optical system for collecting distance information within a field is provided. The optical system may include lenses for collecting photons from a field and may include lenses for distributing photons to a field. The optical system may include lenses that collimate photons passed by an aperture, optical filters that reject normally incident light outside of the operating wavelength, and pixels that detect incident photons. The optical system may further include illumination sources that output photons at an operating wavelength.
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公开(公告)号:US20210278506A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-09
申请号:US17323987
申请日:2021-05-18
Applicant: Ouster, Inc.
Inventor: Angus Pacala , Mark Frichtl , Marvin Shu , Eric Younge
IPC: G01S7/481 , G01S17/89 , G01S17/42 , G01S7/486 , B60L3/00 , H01S5/14 , G01S7/4863 , G01S7/497 , G01S17/931 , G01S17/10 , H01F38/14 , H05K1/02 , H05K1/14 , H05K1/18 , H05K5/00 , H04B10/114 , G02B3/00
Abstract: A light ranging system including a shaft; a first circuit board assembly that includes a stator assembly comprising a plurality of stator elements arranged about the shaft on a surface of the first circuit board assembly; a second circuit board assembly rotationally coupled to the shaft, wherein the second circuit board assembly includes a rotor assembly comprising a plurality of rotor elements arranged about the shaft on a surface of the second circuit board assembly such that the plurality of rotor elements are aligned with and spaced apart from the plurality of stator elements; a stator driver circuit disposed on either the second or the first circuit board assemblies and configured to provide a drive signal to the plurality of stator elements, thereby imparting an electromagnetic force on the plurality of rotor elements to drive a rotation of the second circuit board assembly about the shaft; and a light ranging device mechanically coupled to the second circuit board assembly such that the light ranging device rotates with the second circuit board assembly.
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公开(公告)号:US11016192B2
公开(公告)日:2021-05-25
申请号:US16028164
申请日:2018-07-05
Applicant: Ouster, Inc.
Inventor: Angus Pacala , Mark Frichtl
IPC: G01S17/00 , G01S17/08 , G01S17/89 , G01S7/497 , G01S7/481 , G01S17/10 , G01S7/4863 , B81B5/00 , G01S17/931 , H01L31/02 , G01S17/88 , G02B27/30 , H01L27/146 , G02B26/10 , G06K9/00 , G02B3/00 , G02B26/08 , H01L25/16 , H01S5/183 , H01S5/40
Abstract: Embodiments describe a solid state electronic scanning LIDAR system that includes a scanning focal plane transmitting element and a scanning focal plane receiving element whose operations are synchronized so that the firing sequence of an emitter array in the transmitting element corresponds to a capturing sequence of a photosensor array in the receiving element. During operation, the emitter array can sequentially fire one or more light emitters into a scene and the reflected light can be received by a corresponding set of one or more photosensors through an aperture layer positioned in front of the photosensors. Each light emitter can correspond with an aperture in the aperture layer, and each aperture can correspond to a photosensor in the receiving element such that each light emitter corresponds with a specific photosensor in the receiving element.
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