US Patent Issued to Waymo on July 8 for "Selective deactivation of light emitters for interference mitigation in light detection and ranging (lidar) devices" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,891, issued on July 8, was assigned to Waymo LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Selective deactivation of light emitters for interference mitigation in light detection and ranging (lidar) devices" was invented by Mark Alexander Shand (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example embodiments relate to selective deactivation of light emitters for interference mitigation in light detection and ranging (lidar) devices. An example method includes deactivating one or more light emitters within a lidar device during a firing cycle. The method also includes identifying whether interference is influencing measurements made by the lidar ...