Apparatus and method for selective disabling of LiDAR detector array elements
US10838048B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 8, 2017 |
| Grant date | Nov 17, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 16, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S17/42
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus has a beam steerable laser emitter and a detector array with array elements. Electronics selectively enable first array elements corresponding to expected return signal paths and disable second array elements corresponding to unexpected return signal paths.
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