Techniques for simultaneous determination of range and velocity with active modulation
US11435453B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 27, 2021 |
| Grant date | Sep 6, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D1/249
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system encodes a frequency modulation (FM) modulated signal with a time of flight (TOF) signal as a power and frequency modulated signal. The system can emit the power and frequency modulated signal and apply processing to a signal reflection to generate a target point set. The target point set processing can include frequency processing to generate target points based on range and Doppler information, and TOF processing to provide TOF range information. The LIDAR system can include a modulator to AM modulate an FM modulated light signal with an active modulator to provide the TOF signal information with the FM modulated signal as the power and frequency modulated signal.
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