ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,927, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Velodyne Lidar USA Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"LiDAR system having a shared clock source, and methods of controlling signal processing components using the same" was invented by Rajanatha Shettigara (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system may include a transceiver disposed on a first substrate and comprising a plurality of receiver detectors; and a shared clock source disposed remotely from the transceiver on a second substrate and comprising a shared clock that is structured and arranged to control and synchronize operation of the plurality o...