Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'FMCW Lidar Using Single-Photon Detectors' Filed by Apple Inc.

MUMBAI, India, Jan. 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202414054439 A) filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, U.S.A., on July 16, 2024, for 'fmcw lidar using single-photon detectors.'

Inventor(s) include Mandai, Shingo; Niclass, Cristiano L; and Sanjeev, Vyshakh.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 31, under issue no. 05/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Optical sensing apparatus includes a transmitter, which is configured to transmit outgoing frequency- modulated (FM) coherent optical radiation toward a target scene. A receiver includes an array of single-photon detectors, which are configured to output electrical pulses in response to photons that ...