Ladar pulse deconfliction apparatus
US10386467B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 14, 2018 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 14, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S2013/9316
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Disclosed herein are a number of example embodiments that employ controllable delays between successive ladar pulses in order to discriminate between “own” ladar pulse reflections and “interfering” ladar pulses reflections by a receiver. Example embodiments include designs where a sparse delay sum circuit is used at the receiver and where a funnel filter is used at the receiver. Also, disclosed are techniques for selecting codes to use for the controllable delays as well as techniques for identifying and tracking interfering ladar pulses and their corresponding delay codes. The use of a ladar system with pulse deconfliction is also disclosed as part of an optical data communication system.
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