US Patent Issued to Aeva on July 15 for "Techniques for synchronization to improve scans in FMCW LiDAR systems" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,217, issued on July 15, was assigned to Aeva Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Techniques for synchronization to improve scans in FMCW LiDAR systems" was invented by Amol V. Gole (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Gaylon R. Lovelace (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure include techniques for synchronizing certain components within a light scanning system in order to align periodicities and efficiently produce more reliable scan frames. For instance, embodiments include an optical source to transmit an optical beam modulated at a first periodicity, and an optical scanner to direct the optical b...