ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,773, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to SEYOND INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Compensation circuitry for LiDAR receiver systems and method of use thereof" was invented by Yufeng Li (Milpitas, Calif.), Yimin Li (Cupertino, Calif.), Rui Zhang (Palo Alto, Calif.), Junwei Bao (Los Altos, Calif.) and Jim Li (Milpitas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments discussed herein refer to LiDAR systems that use avalanche photo diodes for detecting returns of laser pulses. The bias voltage applied to the avalanche photo diode is adjusted to ensure that it operates at desired operating capacity."

The patent was filed on Oct. 3, 2023, under...