INTEGRATED LIDAR IMAGE-SENSOR DEVICES AND SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS OF OPERATION

• Main Authors: FISHER BRENT, BURROUGHS SCOTT, DEHLINGER DIETRICH, FINKELSTEIN HOD
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 07.05.2021
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; TESTING

A Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) apparatus includes a detector having a first pixel and a second pixel configured to output respective detection signals responsive to light incident thereon, and receiver optics configured to collect the light over a field of view and direct first and second portions of the light to the first and second pixels, respectively. The first pixel includes one or more time of flight (ToF) sensors, and the second pixel includes one or more image sensors. At least one of the receiver optics or arrangement of the first and second pixels in the detector is configured to correlate the first and second pixels such that depth information indicated by the respective detection signals output from the first pixel is correlated with image information indicated by the respective detection signals output from the second pixel. Related devices and methods of operation are also discussed. 一种光探测和测距(LIDAR)装置，包括探测器以及接收器光学器件；该探测器具有被配置为响应入射在第一像素和第二像素上的光而输出相应探测信号的第一像素和第二像素；该接收器光学器件被配置为在视场上收集光并将光的第一部