Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Extended dynamic range and reduced power imaging for LIDAR detector arrays
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Application No.: US16810299Application Date: 2020-03-05
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Publication No.: US11644549B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Robert Henderson , Tarek Al Abbas , Neil Calder , Hod Finkelstein
- Applicant: The University Court of The University of Edinburgh , Sense Photonics, Inc.
- Applicant Address: GB NC Edinburgh
- Assignee: The University Court of The University of Edinburgh,Sense Photonics, Inc.
- Current Assignee: The University Court of The University of Edinburgh,Sense Photonics, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: GB NC Edinburgh
- Agency: Myers Bigel, P.A.
- Main IPC: G01S17/931
- IPC: G01S17/931 ; G01S7/499 ; G01S7/4863

Abstract:
A Light Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) detector circuit includes a plurality of detector pixels, where each or a respective detector pixel of the detector pixels includes a plurality of detector elements. At least one control circuit is configured to provide one or more detector control signals that selectively activate one or more of the detector elements of the respective detector pixel to define a first active detection area including a first subset of the detector elements for a first image acquisition, and a second active detection area including a second subset of the detector elements for a second image acquisition. Related devices and methods of operation are also discussed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200284884A1 EXTENDED DYNAMIC RANGE AND REDUCED POWER IMAGING FOR LIDAR DETECTOR ARRAYS Public/Granted day:2020-09-10
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