ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,430, issued on April 29, was assigned to AQRONOS INC. (Broomfield, Colo.).
"Frequency information rapid extraction for ranging applications" was invented by Marin Iliev (Broomfield, Colo.) and Brenden Villars (Broomfield, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frequency modulated continuous wave LiDAR system is disclosed that may be scalable and integrated in compact and demanding environments. The improved system of the present disclosure includes: an electro-optic modulator configured to modulate a laser generated by a laser source; a balanced photo detector configured to process an interference signal of a local copy of the laser c...