US Patent Issued to Continental Autonomous Mobility US on Nov. 18 for "Lidar sensor with high dynamic range pulse receiver" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,450, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Continental Autonomous Mobility US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Lidar sensor with high dynamic range pulse receiver" was invented by Mihail Milkov (Moorpark, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lidar sensor includes an optical transmitter configured to generate a pulse of light. The lidar sensor also includes an optical receiver configured to receive the pulse of light generated by the optical transmitter and reflected off an object in a field of view. The optical receiver includes a photodetector configured to generate a photocurrent pulse corresponding to the received pulse of light. A rec...