Power Modulation for a Rotary Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Device

An example method involves rotating a sensor that emits light pulses and detects reflections of the emitted light pulses based on a pointing direction of the sensor. The method also involves identifying a range of pointing directions of the sensor that are associated with a target region of an envir...

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Hauptverfasser:	Droz, Pierre-Yves, Fidric, Bernard
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MEASURING PHYSICS RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:	An example method involves rotating a sensor that emits light pulses and detects reflections of the emitted light pulses based on a pointing direction of the sensor. The method also involves identifying a range of pointing directions of the sensor that are associated with a target region of an environment. The method also involves determining whether a current pointing direction of the sensor is within the identified range. The method also involves modulating the emitted light pulses according to a first modulation scheme in response to a determination that the current pointing direction is within the identified range. The method also involves modulating the emitted light pulses according to a second modulation scheme in response to a determination that the current pointing direction is outside the identified range. The second modulation scheme is different than the first modulation scheme.