ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,607, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to VELODYNE LIDAR USA INC. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Multi-range LiDAR systems and methods" was invented by Meng-Day Yu (Fremont, Calif.) and Daniel Anderson (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light detection and ranging (LiDAR) method includes transmitting, by a first transmitter, a first optical signal. The method includes receiving first return signals corresponding to the first optical signal during a first long-range listening period and/or a first short-range listening period. The method includes transmitting, by the first transmitter, a second optical signal. The method includes ...