Waymo llc (20250016466). Synchronized Spinning LIDAR and Rolling Shutter Camera System
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Synchronized Spinning LIDAR and Rolling Shutter Camera System
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Blaise Gassend of East Palo Alto CA US
Benjamin Ingram of Santa Clara CA US
Andreas Wendel of Mountain View CA US
Mark Alexander Shand of Palo Alto CA US
Synchronized Spinning LIDAR and Rolling Shutter Camera System
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250016466 titled 'Synchronized Spinning LIDAR and Rolling Shutter Camera System
Original Abstract Submitted
one example system comprises a lidar sensor that rotates about an axis to scan an environment of the lidar sensor. the system also comprises one or more cameras that detect external light originating from one or more external light sources. the one or more cameras together provide a plurality of rows of sensing elements. the rows of sensing elements are aligned with the axis of rotation of the lidar sensor. the system also comprises a controller that operates the one or more cameras to obtain a sequence of image pixel rows. a first image pixel row in the sequence is indicative of external light detected by a first row of sensing elements during a first exposure time period. a second image pixel row in the sequence is indicative of external light detected by a second row of sensing elements during a second exposure time period.
