WO2020263735A1 - Adaptive multiple-pulse lidar system - Google Patents

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WO2020263735A1
WO2020263735A1 PCT/US2020/038927 US2020038927W WO2020263735A1 WO 2020263735 A1 WO2020263735 A1 WO 2020263735A1 US 2020038927 W US2020038927 W US 2020038927W WO 2020263735 A1 WO2020263735 A1 WO 2020263735A1
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  • FIG. 1 illustrates the operation of an embodiment of a LIDAR system of the present teaching implemented in a vehicle.
  • FIG. 2A illustrates a graph showing a transmit pulse of an embodiment of a
  • FIG. 2B illustrates a graph showing a return signal of an embodiment of a LIDAR system of the present teaching.
  • FIG. 2C illustrates a graph showing an average of sixteen return signals of an embodiment of a LIDAR system of the present teaching.
  • FIG. 3 A illustrates an embodiment of a receiver of a LIDAR system of the present teaching.
  • FIG. 3B illustrates a graph showing power as a function of time for a return signal generated by an embodiment of a LIDAR system of the present teaching.
  • FIG. 3C illustrates a graph of an average of sixteen return signals for the embodiment of the LIDAR system described in connection with FIG. 3B.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a flow chart of a method of controlling the firing of a laser used to initiate measurements in a LIDAR system of the present teaching.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a decision tree for determining the number of pulses to average for a LIDAR system of the present teaching.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates a decision tree for determining the number of pulses to average for a LIDAR system of the present teaching.
  • FIG. 7A illustrates a return pulse trace for a single laser shot of a particular scene of an embodiment of a LIDAR system of the present teaching.
  • FIG. 7B illustrates a return pulse trace for another single laser shot of the same particular scene of the embodiment of the LIDAR system described in connection with FIG. 7A.
  • FIG. 7C illustrates a return pulse trace for another single laser shot of the same particular scene of the embodiment of the LIDAR system described in connection with FIG. 7A.
  • FIG. 7D illustrates a return pulse trace for another single laser shot of the same particular scene of the embodiment of the LIDAR system described in connection with FIG. 7A.
  • the present teaching relates generally to Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), which is a remote sensing method that uses laser light to measure distances (ranges) to objects.
  • LIDAR systems generally measure distances to various objects or targets that reflect and/or scatter light.
  • Autonomous vehicles make use of LIDAR systems to generate a highly accurate 3D map of the surrounding environment with fine resolution.
  • the systems and methods described herein are directed towards providing a solid-state, pulsed time-of-flight (TOF)
  • LIDAR system with high levels of reliability, while also maintaining long measurement range as well as low cost.
  • the present teaching relates to LIDAR systems that send out a short time duration laser pulse, and use direct detection of the return pulse in the form of a received return signal trace to measure TOF to the object.
  • the LIDAR system of the present teaching can use multiple laser pulses to detect objects in a way that improves or optimizes various performance metrics. For example, multiple laser pulses can be used in a way that improves Signal-To-Noise ratio (SNR). Multiple laser pulses can also be used to provide greater confidence in the detection of a particular object.
  • the numbers of laser pulses can be selected to give particular levels of SNR and/or particular confidence values associated with detection of an object. This selection of the number of laser pulses can be combined with a selection of an individual or group of laser devices that are associated with a particular pattern of illumination in the FOV.
  • the number of laser pulses is determined adaptively during operation. Also, in some methods according to the present teaching, the number of laser pulses varies across the FOV depending on selected decision criteria.
  • the multiple laser pulses used in some method according to the present teaching are chosen to have a short enough duration that nothing in the scene can move more than a few mm in an anticipated environment. Having such a short duration is necessary in order to be certain that the same object is being measured multiple times. For example, assuming a relative velocity of the LIDAR system and an object is 150 mph, which typical of a head on highway driving scenario, the relative speed of the LIDAR system and object is about 67meters/sec.
  • the distance between the LIDAR and the object can only change by 6.7mm, which is on the same order as the typical spatial resolution of a LIDAR. And, also that distance must be small compared to the beam diameter of the LIDAR in the case that the object is moving perpendicular to the LIDAR system at that velocity.
  • the time lost in both waiting for a longer return pulse, and in sending multiple pulses could be used to improve the frame rate and/or provide additional time to send more pulses to those areas of the FOV where objects are at long distance. Knowing that the lower FOV almost always sees the road surface at close distances, an algorithm could be implemented that adaptively changes the timing between pulses (i.e., shorter for shorter distance measurement), as well as the number of laser pulses.
  • a LIDAR system can use the environmental conditions, and data for the provided distance requirement as a function of FOV to adaptively change both the timing between pulses, and the number of laser pulses based on the SNR, measurement confidence, or some other metric.
  • An important factor in the overall system performance is the number of pulses used to fire an individual or group of lasers in a single sequence for the full FOV, which is sometimes referred to in the art as a single frame.
  • Embodiments that use laser arrays may include hundreds, or even thousands, of individual lasers. All or some of these lasers may be pulsed in a sequence or pattern as a function of time in order that an entire scene is interrogated. For each laser fired a number (N times), the measurement time increases by at least N.
  • measurement time increases by increasing the number of pulse shots from a given laser or group of lasers, thereby reducing the frame rate.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates the operation of a LIDAR system 100 of the present teaching implemented in a vehicle.
  • the LIDAR system 100 includes a laser projector 101, also referred to as an illuminator, that propagates light beams 102 generated by a light source toward a target scene and a receiver 103 that receives the light 104 that reflects from an object, shown as a person 106, in that target scene.
  • the illuminator comprises a laser transmitter and various transmit optics.
  • LIDAR systems typically also include a controller that computes the distance information about the object (person 106) from the reflected light.
  • a controller that computes the distance information about the object (person 106) from the reflected light.
  • a portion of the reflected light from the object (person 106) is received in a receiver.
  • a receiver comprises receive optics and a detector element that can be an array of detectors. The receiver and controller are used to convert the received signal light into measurements that represent a pointwise 3D map of the surrounding environment that falls within the LIDAR system range and FOV.
  • the laser array comprises VCSEL laser devices. These may include top-emitting VCSELs, bottom-emitting VCSELs, and various types of high-power VCSELs.
  • the VCSEL arrays may be monolithic.
  • the laser emitters may all share a common substrate, including semiconductor substrates or ceramic substrates.
  • individual lasers and/or groups of lasers in embodiments that use one or more transmitter arrays can be individually controlled.
  • Each individual emitter in the transmitter array can be fired independently, with the optical beam emitted by each laser emitter corresponding to a 3D projection angle subtending only a portion of the total system field-of-view.
  • One example of such a LIDAR system is described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 2017/0307736 Al, which is assigned to the present assignee. The entire contents of U.S. Patent Publication No. 2017/0307736 Al are incorporated herein by reference.
  • the number of pulses fired by an individual laser, or group of lasers can be controlled based on a desired performance objective of the LIDAR system. The duration and timing of this sequence can also be controlled to achieve various performance goals.
  • Some embodiments of LIDAR systems use detectors and/or groups of detectors in a detector array that can also be individually controlled. See, for example, U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/859,349, entitled“Eye-Safe Long-Range Solid-State LIDAR System”. U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/859,349 is assigned to the present assignee and is incorporated herein by reference.
  • This independent control over the individual lasers and/or groups of lasers in the transmitter array and/or over the detectors and/or groups of detectors in a detector array provide for various desirable operating features including control of the system field-of-view, optical power levels, and scanning pattern.
  • FIG. 2A illustrates a graph 200 of a transmit pulse of an embodiment of a LIDAR system of the present teaching.
  • the graph 200 shows the optical power as a function of time for a typical transmit laser pulse in a LIDAR system.
  • the laser pulse is Gaussian in shape as a function of time and typically about five nanoseconds in duration.
  • the pulse duration takes on a variety of values. In general, the shorter the pulse duration the better the performance of the LIDAR system. Shorter pulses reduce uncertainty in the measured timing of the reflected return pulse. Shorter pulses also allow higher peak powers in the typical situation when eye safety is a constraint. This is because for the same peak power, shorter pulses have less energy than longer pulses.
  • the time between pulses should be relatively short.
  • the time between pulses should be faster than the motion of objects in a target scene. For example, if objects are traveling at a relative velocity of 50 m/sec, their distance will change by 5 mm within 100 psec.
  • a LIDAR system should complete all pulse averaging where the scene is quasi -stationary and the total time between all pulses is on the order of 100 psec.
  • FIG. 2B illustrates a graph 230 of a return signal of an embodiment of a LIDAR system of the present teaching.
  • This type of graph is sometimes referred to as a return signal trace.
  • a return signal trace is a graph of a detected return signal from a single transmitted laser pulse.
  • This particular graph 230 is a simulation of a detected return pulse.
  • the LOGi 0 (POWER) of the detected return signal is plotted as a function of time.
  • the graph 230 shows noise 232 from the system and from the environment.
  • Sixty nanoseconds is the time it takes for the light to go out to the object and back to the detector when the object is nine meters away from the transmitter/receiver of the LIDAR system.
  • the system can be calibrated such that a particular measured time of a peak is associated with a particular target distance.
  • FIG. 2C illustrates a graph 250 of an average of sixteen return signals of an embodiment of a LIDAR system of the present teaching.
  • the graph 250 illustrates a simulation in which a sequence of sixteen returns, each similar to the return signal in the graph 230 of FIG. 2B, are averaged.
  • the sequence of sixteen returns is generated by sending out a sequence of sixteen single pulse transmissions.
  • the spread of the noise 252 is reduced through the averaging.
  • noise is varying randomly.
  • the scene (not shown) for the data in this graph is two objects in the FOV, one at nine meters, and one at ninety meters.
  • each single laser pulse can produce multiple return peaks 254, 256 resulting from reflections off objects that are located at various distances from the LIDAR system.
  • intensity peaks reduce in magnitude with increasing distance from the LIDAR system.
  • the intensity of the peaks depends on numerous other factors such as physical size and reflectivity characteristics.
  • FIG. 3A illustrates an embodiment of a receiver 300 of a LIDAR system of the present teaching.
  • the receiver 300 includes a sensor 302 that includes a detector array 304 and associated front end electronic circuitry (not shown).
  • the front-end circuitry can include, for example, a low noise amplifier.
  • a digital sampling circuit 306 samples the detector signal.
  • a pulse averaging circuit 308 averages the sampled detected signal. Averaging improves the signal-to-noise ratio.
  • the signal-to-noise of the received signal improves as the square root of N for N signals that are averaged, assuming that the noise is Gaussian noise.
  • An electrical filtering circuit 310 filters the averaged signal.
  • the filtering of the received signal can include a variety of filtering types including hardware-based filtering and/or software-based filtering.
  • the filtering can include analog and/or digital filtering.
  • a detection processing circuit 312 processes the filtered signal and determines detection metrics that can include, for example, object identification and ranging information.
  • the receiver 300 also includes an interface, and control and timing electronics
  • the interface 314 that controls the operation of the receiver 300 and provides data to system.
  • the interface 314 provides an output signal, such as a 3D measurement point cloud.
  • Other output signals that can be provided include, for example, raw TOF data and/or processed TOF data.
  • the interface 314 also receives control and/or data signals from other circuits and devices in the system.
  • the interface 314 can receive data from a variety of sensors, such as ambient light sensors, weather sensors, and/or atmospheric condition sensors.
  • FIG. 3B illustrates a graph 330 of power as a function of time for a return signal generated by a LIDAR system of the present teaching.
  • the graph 330 shows the noise 332 and two clear return pulse peaks 334, 336.
  • a first peak 334 is at one hundred nanoseconds, and a second peak 336 is at two hundred nanoseconds.
  • This graph 330 represents data for a single laser transmit pulse return signal.
  • FIG. 3C illustrates a graph 350 of an average of sixteen return signals for the embodiment of the LIDAR system described in connection with FIG. 3B.
  • This graph 350 represents an average of sixteen independent laser transmit pulse return signals.
  • the graph 350 shows the reduced noise 352 which results from the signal averaging.
  • a peak 354 at one hundred nanoseconds and a peak 356 at two hundred nanoseconds there is a peak 358 visible at three hundred nanoseconds.
  • Averaging over a number of return signals reduces the noise level 352, which allows smaller peak return signals to be identified and measured.
  • the return signals from objects at further distances are weaker for similar objects. Using larger numbers of averaged return signals allows for more distant objects to be detected. In general, more averaging allows objects with weaker reflected signals to be detected.
  • the number of return signals used in the average corresponds to a particular SNR in the averaged return signal trace.
  • the SNR can then be associated with a particular maximum detected range.
  • the average number may be chosen to provide a particular SNR and/or to provide a particular maximum detected range.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a flow chart of a method 400 of controlling the firing of a laser used to initiate measurements in a LIDAR system of the present teaching.
  • a first step 402 measurement is initiated.
  • a selected laser is fired. That is, an individual laser is controlled to initiate a single measurement by generating an optical pulse. It should be understood that in various methods according to the present teaching, selected individual and/or groups of lasers are fired to generate a single pulse of light, such that a desired pattern of laser FOVs are illuminated on a given single-fire measurement cycle.
  • a reflected return signal is received by the LIDAR system.
  • the received reflected return signal is processed.
  • the processing of the return signal determines the number of return peaks.
  • the processing calculates a distance to the object based on time-of-flight (TOF).
  • the processing determines the intensity, or the pseudo-intensity, of the return peaks.
  • TOF time-of-flight
  • the processing determines the intensity, or the pseudo-intensity, of the return peaks.
  • Intensity can be directly detected with p-type-intrinsic-n-type-structure detectors (PIN) or Avalanche Photodetector (APD).
  • intensity can be detected with Silicon Photo-Multiplier (SiPM) or Single Photon Avalanche Diode Detector (SPAD) arrays that provide a pseudo-intensity based on number of pixels that are triggered simultaneously. Some methods further determine noise levels of the return signal traces. In various methods, additional information is also considered, for example, ambient light levels and/or a variety of other environmental conditions and/or factors. Environmental conditions include, for example, temperature, humidity, weather, atmospheric conditions (e.g., presence of fog, smoke), etc.
  • a decision is made about firing the laser to generate another pulse of light from the laser. If the decision is yes, the method proceeds back to the second step 404.
  • the decision can be based on, for example, a decision matrix, an algorithm programmed into the LIDAR controller, and/or a lookup table.
  • a particular number of laser pulses are then generated by cycling through the loop including the second step 404, third step 406, and the fourth step 408 until the desired number of laser pulses have been generated causing a decision to stop firing the laser(s).
  • the desired number can be predetermined, based on a performance criteria, based on information about environment conditions, and/or based on determined information, such as information determined from sensors.
  • the system performs one or more of multiple measurement signal processing steps in a sixth step 412.
  • the multiple measurement signal processing steps can include, for example, filtering, averaging, and/or histogramming.
  • the multiple measurement signal processing results in a final resultant measurement from the processed data of the multiple-pulse measurements.
  • These resultant measurements can include both raw signal trace information and processed information.
  • the raw signal information can be augmented with flags or tags that indicate probabilities or confidence levels of data as well as metadata related to the processing the sixth step 412.
  • a seventh step 414 the information determined by the multiple measurement signal processing is then reported.
  • the reported data can include, for example, the 3D
  • step 416 the method is terminated.
  • the method 400 described in connection with FIG. 4 is generally described for energizing or firing a single laser. In many practical embodiments, arrays of lasers and arrays of detectors are used. It should further be understood that the method 400 can be easily extended to arrays of lasers and or arrays of detectors. There are many ways of selecting individual and/or groups of lasers and/or detectors. See, for example, U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/831,668 and U.S. Patent Application No. 16/841,930 both entitled “Solid-State LIDAR Transmitter with Laser Control”. See also U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/859,349 and U.S. Patent Application No.
  • One feature of the present teaching is that a variety of methods can be used to determine the number of laser pulses generated.
  • the decision criteria can be dynamic or static. By using dynamic decision criteria, the system can vary the number of single pulse
  • dynamic decision criteria can be based on conditions that arise during the measurement activity. This allows the LIDAR system to dynamically respond to the environment.
  • systems according to the present teaching can be static or quasi-static, and can operate with a predetermined set of performance capabilities. Combinations of dynamic and static operation are also possible.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a decision tree 500 for determining the number of pulses to average for a LIDAR system of the present teaching.
  • This particular example of a decision tree 500 would, in many cases, result in the generation of sixteen laser pulses for each resultant measurement.
  • the number of pulses used would typically reduce. By reducing the number of pulses, the overall system frame rate can be faster than it would be if a fixed number of sixteen laser pulses were used for every measurement.
  • the first decision node 502 generates branches 504, 506,
  • the first branch 504 is taken leading to instruction node 510 and selected sixteen transmit pulses. This instruction results because any object in the scene is at the detection limit of the system, so averaging a full sixteen sets of return traces is advantageous.
  • branch 506 is followed to decision node 512. This decision node 512 asks if the detected object is less than a distance of 20 meter. If so, branch 514 is taken leading to instruction node 516 that initiates the generation of two laser pulses.
  • decision node 512 determines from the TOF analysis of the trace that the object is greater than 20 meters
  • the decision tree 500 follows branch 518 to decision node 520. If decision node 520 determines from a TOF analysis of peaks that the measured returns are less than 80 meters, then branch 522 is followed to instruction node 524 that initiates generating four laser pulses so that the resulting four return traces can be averaged. If decision node 520 determines from a TOF analysis of peaks that the returns are from objects greater than 80 meters, branch 526 is followed to instruction node 528 that initiates sixteen laser pulses so that the resulting sixteen return traces can be averaged.
  • decision node 502 determines that the number of peaks in the return is at least two, then path 508 is followed to decision node 530.
  • This decision node 530 determines if the presence of the closest object is greater than or less than 40 meters. Less than 40 meters results in path 532 being followed to instruction node 534 that initiates the generation of four laser pulses. Greater than 40 meters results in path 536 being followed to the instruction node 538 that initiates the generation of sixteen laser pulses.
  • scenes with closer objects merit fewer number of averages, and thus faster frame rates as compared to scenes that include further objects.
  • the decision tree 500 can be generally characterized as a peak number and TOF based decision tree.
  • the decision tree 500 includes nodes that decide how many peaks are in a return and/or what the object position associated with the TOF of those peaks is, and determines a number of subsequent laser pulses to fire based on the results of those decisions.
  • the decision tree 500 of FIG. 5 is just one simple example to illustrate the concept of the present teaching. It should be understood that systems and methods according to the present teaching could have a much more complicated decision tree based on peak number and TOF.
  • the peak number and TOF based decision trees take into account other information available to the system.
  • Additional decision criteria include, for example, the intensity of return signals, environmental conditions, object scene conditions, noise levels, and various other criteria based on system information. This additional information can be used to change the values in the various nodes of the decision tree, such as number of peaks, distances associated with TOF thresholds and/or number of pulses.
  • decision tree instruction nodes can be static or dynamic or have some aspects of both static or dynamic decision making.
  • the decision tree nodes such as nodes 510, 516, 524, 528, 534 and 538 that set a number of laser pulses can be updated to a different number of laser pulses fired based on each subsequent firing of the laser, and not set as fixed based only on the first laser pulse fired for a new measurement.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates another embodiment of a decision tree 600 for determining the number of pulses to average for a LIDAR system of the present teaching.
  • This decision tree 600 does not require the calculation of TOF and thus is particularly useful when computing TOF is time and resource intensive.
  • the first decision 602 in the decision tree 600 is a determination of whether the intensity of the received pulse is strong enough to put the receiver into saturation.
  • the level of peak output from the sensor can be measured and used to determine if the return level is strong enough to saturate the detector.
  • the second decisions in decision nodes 606, 618 in the decision tree 600 are dependent on the ambient light level. Most LIDAR systems have capability to monitor the ambient light level. For example, ambient light may be easily determined from the background noise level of the receiver when no transmitter pulse is being sent. The ambient light level value can be measured at some appropriate interval, such as once per frame and stored for use in the decision tree 600.
  • decision node 602 determines if the receiver is in saturation.
  • a processor in the receiver that is monitoring for a saturation condition may provide this saturation information. If a saturation condition is determined, path 604 is taken to decision node 606 where a determination is made whether the ambient light level indicates that there is a bright sun. The ambient light level may be taken from a monitor within the LIDAR.
  • this information may be provided from outside of the LIDAR system. If the ambient light level does indicate bright sun, then path 608 is followed and a sixteen-pulse laser measurement is instructed by instruction node 610. This is because a high ambient light level will require more averaging to provide a good signal-to-noise ratio. If the ambient light level does not indicate a bright sun, then path 612 is followed to instruction node 614 that initiates the generation of eight laser pulses. Fewer pulses are required because the ambient light level is lower. Thus, higher background light conditions result in more averaging than lower
  • decision node 602 determines that the receiver is not in saturation, path 616 is followed to decision node 618.
  • Decision node 618 determines whether the ambient light level indicates a bright sun, and if so, follows path 620 to an instruction node 622 that initiates a four laser pulse firing sequence. If decision node 618 determines there is not a bright sun ambient light level, then path 624 is followed and the instruction node 626 initiates a single pulse laser sequence. If the receiver is not in saturation, and there is not a high background level, no averaging is needed. As described herein, using only a single pulse while still realizing a high signal-to-noise ratio and/or other high quality measurement performance allows for faster frame rates.
  • a larger number of laser pulse are generated to allow more averaging and/or histogramming at the output of the detector.
  • Using a larger number of laser pulses per measurement increases signal-to-noise ratio via more averaging. Consequently, an indication of bright sun light will result in more pulse firings than when lower ambient light conditions are detected, which improves signal-to-noise ratio over the bright background.
  • high ambient uses sixteen pulses, and low ambient uses eight pulses. When the receiver is not saturated and the ambient is low, a single pulse may be used. When the receiver is not in saturation but the ambient is high, four pulses are used.
  • one aspect of the present teaching is that the smallest number of laser pulses needed to provide a desired signal-to-noise ratio or other performance metric can be employed to make LIDAR systems more efficient in general. For example, using the methods according to the present teaching that generate a lower number of pulse when appropriate reduce the average number of required laser pulses and also reduce the time it takes to complete a measurement.
  • the decision tree 600 could be expanded to have a much more complicated decision tree that utilizes additional information and decision criteria, such as an intensity of return, environmental conditions, object scene conditions, noise levels and/or various other criteria based on system information. Decisions trees according to the present teaching can also include more complex decision branching.
  • decision tree instruction nodes can be static, dynamic, or a combination of static and dynamic.
  • instruction nodes 610, 614, 622, 626 that set a number of laser pulses, can be updated to initiate the generation of different numbers of laser pulses based on each subsequent firing of the laser instead of being fixed based only on the first laser pulse fired for a new measurement.
  • the number of laser pulses fired in any or all of the instruction nodes 610, 614, 622, 626 can, for example, be updated at regular intervals during a measurement.
  • the number of laser pulses fired in any or all of the instruction nodes can also be based on post-processed measurement results.
  • thresholds for saturation or ambient light levels or other criteria can be either static or dynamic.
  • various embodiments of decision trees of the present teaching utilize decision nodes that include decision thresholds based on, for example, external conditions, internal conditions, specific measurement results or combinations of these factors.
  • Various embodiments of decision trees of the present teaching utilize instruction nodes that define a number of pulses used in a resultant measurement.
  • Other instructions can include, for example, peak power, MPE thresholds, illumination patterns, FOVs, and other transmitter configuration settings.
  • False alarms include, for example, detecting a peak that corresponds to a position that does not have an object. Such a false alarm event could arise from various causes. For example, spurious noise can occur. Interference from other LIDAR systems is also a possible source of noise. FIGS. 7A-D show an example of how this happens.
  • FIGS. 7A-7D illustrate four return pulse traces from the same measurement point within the FOV. More specifically, FIG. 7A illustrates a return pulse trace 700 for a single laser shot of a particular scene of an embodiment of a LIDAR system of the present teaching.
  • FIG. 7B illustrates a return pulse trace 720 for another single laser shot of the same particular scene of the embodiment of the LIDAR system.
  • FIG. 7C illustrates a return pulse trace 740 for another single laser shot of the same particular scene of the embodiment of the LIDAR system.
  • FIG. 7D illustrates a return pulse trace 760 for another single laser shot of the same particular scene of the embodiment of the LIDAR system.
  • Each of these return pulse traces 700, 720, 740, 760 are the result from a single laser pulse interacting with the same target in a short enough time so that the target has not significantly moved.
  • these single laser pulses are typically generated in rapid succession during LIDAR measurements.
  • the LIDAR system can adaptively react to the presence of this possible false object by processing these traces in various ways. For example, the system could fire another laser pulse to confirm this last measurement, return pulse trace 760, and then, after a comparison, throw out the erroneous data. That is, this return pulse trace 760 would not be provided to a user in this situation, or reported to the next stage of the system processing.
  • the system could provide the data set to a user, but set a flag indicating that the data may be errant.
  • the system could provide the data and object detection result to a user, but flag that this detected object would be indicated has having a low probability. In some methods, this probability can be quantified based on the number of shots in a set of shots in which the object associated with the peak occurred. In this example, the peak was only detected in one fourth of the fired laser pulses.
  • Some embodiments of the pulsed TOF LIDAR system of the present teaching uses collimated transmitter laser beams with optical power/energy at or slightly below the MPE limit for Class 1 eye safety to provide a significant range increase compared to a conventional Flash LIDAR system.
  • some embodiments of the pulsed TOF LIDAR systems of the present teaching use pulse averaging and/or pulse histogramming of multiple laser pulses to improve Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR), which further improves range.
  • SNR Signal-to-Noise Ratio
  • These LIDAR systems employ a very high single pulse frame rate, well above 100 Hz. See, for example, U.S. Patent Application No. 16/895,588, filed June 8, 2020, entitled“Eye-Safe Long-Range Solid-State LIDAR System”.
  • U.S. Patent Application No. 16/895,588 is assigned to the present assignee and is incorporated herein by reference. Equivalents

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