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Combining Lidar and Camera Data

  • US 20180299534A1
  • Filed: 04/16/2018
  • Published: 10/18/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system operating in a vehicle, the system comprising:

  • a lidar module including;

    a laser configured to emit pulses of light,a scanner configured to direct the emitted pulses of light in accordance with a scan pattern to illuminate a field of regard of the lidar module, anda receiver configured to detect the emitted pulse of light scattered by one or more remote target to collect a set of lidar pixels of a scan frame, in a sequence defined by the scan pattern;

    the system further comprising;

    a camera with a field of view that at least partially overlaps the field of regard of the lidar module; and

    a controller communicatively coupled to the camera and the lidar module, the controller configured to;

    cause the camera to capture a plurality of images while the receiver of the lidar module collects the complete set of lidar pixels of the scan frame,align a first lidar pixel in the complete set with one or more pixels of a first one of the plurality of captured images, andalign a second lidar pixel in the complete set with one or more pixels of a second one of the plurality of captured images.

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