US Patent Issued to Velodyne Lidar USA on Sept. 22 for "Optical power monitoring in lidar systems and devices" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,865, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Velodyne Lidar USA Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Optical power monitoring in lidar systems and devices" was invented by Suresh Rangarajan (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Oren Milgrome (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject matter of this disclosure relates to a system, a method, and an apparatus for power monitoring and blockage detection in a lidar device. An example method includes: emitting, by a transmitter of a lidar device, an optical signal toward a maintenance area that is inside the lidar device and outside a field of view for the lidar device; measuring, by a power monito...