ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,206, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Waymo LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"LIDAR receiver using a waveguide and an aperture" was invented by Pierre-Yves Droz (Los Altos, Calif.), David Neil Hutchison (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Ralph Hamilton Shepard (Menlo Park, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to limitation of noise on light detectors using an aperture. One example implementation includes a system. The system includes a lens disposed relative to a scene. The lens focuses light from the scene. The system also includes an opaque material that defines an aperture. The system also includes a waveguide h...