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patent · US9383753

Wide-view LIDAR with areas of special attention

5 July 2016

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Abstract

A light detection and ranging device with dynamically adjustable angular resolution for use as a sensor providing environmental information for navigating an autonomous vehicle is disclosed. A first region of a scanning zone is scanned while emitting light pulses at a first pulse rate, and a second region of the scanning zone is scanned while emitting light pulses at a second pulse rate different from the first pulse rate. Information from the LIDAR device indicative of the t...

Provenance

Collection
Cited prior art
Filed
2012-09-26
Source
Google Patents bibliographic record
Granted
2016-07-05
Inventors
Bradley Templeton; Pierre-Yves Droz; Jiajun Zhu; Google LLC