Method and System for Ladar Pulse Deconfliction Using Delay Code Selection
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- selecting a delay code for use by a ladar system, the ladar system comprising a ladar transmitter and a ladar receiver;
the ladar transmitter transmitting a plurality of ladar pulses that are separated by a delay value corresponding to the selected delay code, wherein the transmitted ladar pulses separated by the delay value serve as an own ladar signal; and
the ladar receiver processing a received light signal based on the selected delay code to detect whether a reflection of the own ladar signal is present in the received light signal.
3 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Disclosed herein are a number of example embodiments that employ controllable delays between successive ladar pulses in order to discriminate between “own” ladar pulse reflections and “interfering” ladar pulses reflections by a receiver. Example embodiments include designs where a sparse delay sum circuit is used at the receiver and where a funnel filter is used at the receiver. Also, disclosed are techniques for selecting codes to use for the controllable delays as well as techniques for identifying and tracking interfering ladar pulses and their corresponding delay codes. The use of a ladar system with pulse deconfliction is also disclosed as part of an optical data communication system.
49 Citations
30 Claims
-
1. A method comprising:
-
selecting a delay code for use by a ladar system, the ladar system comprising a ladar transmitter and a ladar receiver; the ladar transmitter transmitting a plurality of ladar pulses that are separated by a delay value corresponding to the selected delay code, wherein the transmitted ladar pulses separated by the delay value serve as an own ladar signal; and the ladar receiver processing a received light signal based on the selected delay code to detect whether a reflection of the own ladar signal is present in the received light signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
-
-
16. A ladar system comprising:
-
a processor configured to select a delay code; a ladar transmitter configured to transmit a plurality of ladar pulses that are separated by a delay value corresponding to the selected delay code, wherein the transmitted ladar pulses separated by the delay value serve as an own ladar signal; and a ladar receiver configured to process a received light signal based on the selected delay code to detect whether a reflection of the own ladar signal is present in the received light signal. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
-
Specification