JP2022544743A - Lidarチップと共に使用するためのlidarアダプタ - Google Patents

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JP2022544743A
JP2022544743A JP2022502970A JP2022502970A JP2022544743A JP 2022544743 A JP2022544743 A JP 2022544743A JP 2022502970 A JP2022502970 A JP 2022502970A JP 2022502970 A JP2022502970 A JP 2022502970A JP 2022544743 A JP2022544743 A JP 2022544743A
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    • G01SRADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
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    • G01S17/08Systems determining position data of a target for measuring distance only
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    • G01S17/34Systems determining position data of a target for measuring distance only using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated using transmission of continuous, frequency-modulated waves while heterodyning the received signal, or a signal derived therefrom, with a locally-generated signal related to the contemporaneously transmitted signal
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    • G01SRADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
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