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Parallax compensating spatial filters

US11561284B2 · kind B2 · utility

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25Claims

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Assignee

Waymo LLC · US

Inventors

Ralph Hamilton Shepard · Menlo Park, US
Blaise Gassend · East Palo Alto, US
Pierre-Yves Droz · Los Altos, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 29, 2018
Grant date	Jan 24, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 17, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S17/931
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

One example system includes a lens disposed relative to a scene and configured to focus light from the scene. The system also includes an opaque material. The opaque material defines a plurality of apertures including a primary aperture and one or more secondary apertures. The system also includes one or more light detectors (e.g., a single element detector or an array of detectors) configured to intercept and detect diverging light focused by the lens and transmitted through at least one of the plurality of apertures defined by the opaque material.

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