ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,279, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to RED CREAMERY LLC (Massapequa, N.Y.).
"Enhanced hybrid LIDAR with high-speed scanning" was invented by Dmitriy Yavid (Stony Brook, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical arrangement for a LIDAR system includes a laser, scanner, fold mirror, lens, and sensors. Adding a wedge-shaped optical element creates an auxiliary field of view, when positioned to overlie an edge portion of the lens. The wedge-shaped optical element may have a variable transparency preventing reception by the sensors of excessive signals from close targets. The sensors may be: a plurality of sensors with unique length...