公开(公告)号：US20250147181A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-08

申请号：US18930385

申请日：2024-10-29

Applicant: Ouster, Inc.

Inventor： Angus Pacala ,  Mark Frichtl

IPC: G01S17/08 ,  B81B5/00 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S7/4863 ,  G01S7/497 ,  G01S17/10 ,  G01S17/88 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S17/931 ,  G02B3/00 ,  G02B26/08 ,  G02B26/10 ,  G02B27/30 ,  G06V20/58 ,  H01L25/16 ,  H01S5/183 ,  H01S5/40 ,  H10F39/18 ,  H10F77/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US12153133B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-26

申请号：US16396564

申请日：2019-04-26

Applicant: Ouster, Inc.

Inventor： Angus Pacala ,  Marvin Liu Shu

IPC: G01S17/10 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S7/484 ,  G01S7/486 ,  G01S17/88 ,  H03K3/027 ,  H04B1/04

Abstract: An optical measurement system includes a photosensor that includes one or more photosensitive elements. Each of the photosensitive elements may generate signals when a photon is detected, and the number of photons detected for each photosensor may be accumulated in an integration register. The integration register may accumulate photon counts independent of a parallel data path that stores photon counts in time bins based on photon arrival times to form a histogram representation. The total photon count in the integration register can be used to estimate ambient background light and properly set signal thresholds for detecting reflected light signals represented in the histogram.

公开(公告)号：US12072237B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-27

申请号：US18328479

申请日：2023-06-02

Applicant: Ouster, Inc.

Inventor： Angus Pacala ,  Mark Frichtl

IPC: G01J1/42 ,  G01J3/02 ,  G01J3/46 ,  G01J3/51 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S7/4863 ,  G01S7/4865 ,  G01S17/86 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S17/931 ,  H01L31/02 ,  G01S17/88

CPC classification number: G01J1/4204 ,  G01J3/0224 ,  G01J3/46 ,  G01J3/51 ,  G01S7/4815 ,  G01S7/4817 ,  G01S7/4863 ,  G01S7/4865 ,  G01S17/86 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S17/931 ,  H01L31/02027 ,  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.

公开(公告)号：US11994618B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-28

申请号：US17662595

申请日：2022-05-09

Applicant: Ouster, Inc.

Inventor： Angus Pacala ,  Mark Frichtl ,  Marvin Shu ,  Eric Younge

IPC: G01S7/48 ,  B60L3/00 ,  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 ,  G05D1/00 ,  H02J50/10 ,  H02K11/00

CPC classification number: G01S7/4813 ,  B60L3/0015 ,  G01S7/4814 ,  G01S7/4816 ,  G01S7/4817 ,  G01S7/486 ,  G01S7/4863 ,  G01S7/497 ,  G01S17/10 ,  G01S17/42 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S17/931 ,  G02B3/0006 ,  H01F38/14 ,  H01S5/146 ,  H04B10/1143 ,  H05K1/0274 ,  H05K1/144 ,  H05K1/181 ,  H05K5/0004 ,  G05D1/0231 ,  H02J50/10 ,  H02K11/0094 ,  H05K2201/042 ,  H05K2201/09027 ,  H05K2201/1009 ,  H05K2201/10121 ,  H05K2201/10151 ,  H05K2201/10409

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.

公开(公告)号：US11956410B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-09

申请号：US18179559

申请日：2023-03-07

Applicant: Ouster, Inc.

Inventor： Angus Pacala ,  Mark Frichtl

IPC: H04N13/218 ,  G02B3/00 ,  G02B5/00 ,  G02B5/20 ,  G02B27/46 ,  G02B30/27

CPC classification number: H04N13/218 ,  G02B3/0056 ,  G02B5/005 ,  G02B5/208 ,  G02B27/46 ,  G02B30/27

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 lens tubes that collimate collected photons, 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.

公开(公告)号：US20240012142A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-11

申请号：US18347784

申请日：2023-07-06

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

CPC classification number: G01S17/08 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S7/497 ,  G01S7/4817 ,  G01S17/10 ,  G01S7/4863 ,  G01S7/4815 ,  B81B5/00 ,  G01S17/931 ,  G06V20/58 ,  H01L31/02027 ,  G01S17/88 ,  G02B27/30 ,  H01L27/14643 ,  G02B26/10 ,  G02B3/0068

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.

公开(公告)号：US11627298B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-11

申请号：US17549675

申请日：2021-12-13

Applicant: Ouster, Inc.

Inventor： Angus Pacala ,  Mark Frichtl

IPC: H04N13/218 ,  G02B5/00 ,  G02B5/20 ,  G02B27/46 ,  G02B30/27 ,  G02B3/00

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 lens tubes that collimate collected photons, 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.

公开(公告)号：US11209544B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-28

申请号：US17347174

申请日：2021-06-14

Applicant: Ouster, Inc.

Inventor： Angus Pacala ,  Mark Frichtl

IPC: G01S17/00 ,  G01S17/10 ,  H01L27/146 ,  H01L31/107 ,  G01S7/497 ,  G01S7/4865 ,  G01S7/4863 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S17/42

Abstract: A light ranging system can include a laser device and an imaging device having photosensors. The laser device illuminates a scene with laser pulse radiation that reflects off of objects in the scene. The reflections can vary greatly depending on the reflecting surface shape and reflectivity. The signal measured by photosensors can be filtered with a number of matched filter designed according to profiles of different reflected signals. A best matched filter can be identified, and hence information about the reflecting surface and accurate ranging information can be obtained. The laser pulse radiation can be emitted in coded pulses by allowing weights to different detection intervals. Other enhancements include staggering laser pulses and changing an operational status of photodetectors of a pixel sensor, as well as efficient signal processing using a sensor chip that includes processing circuits and photosensors.

公开(公告)号：US11202056B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-14

申请号：US16584515

申请日：2019-09-26

Applicant: Ouster, Inc.

Inventor： Angus Pacala ,  Mark Frichtl

IPC: G02B27/00 ,  G02B3/00 ,  G02B5/00 ,  H04N13/218 ,  G02B5/20 ,  G02B27/46 ,  G02B30/27

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.

公开(公告)号：US11025885B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-01

申请号：US15880491

申请日：2018-01-25

Applicant: Ouster, Inc.

Inventor： Angus Pacala ,  Mark Frichtl

IPC: G02B27/00 ,  G02B3/00 ,  G02B5/00 ,  H04N13/218 ,  G02B5/20 ,  G02B27/46 ,  G02B30/27

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.