US Patent Issued to Waymo on Sept. 2 for "Time-division multiple access scanning for crosstalk mitigation in light detection and ranging (lidar) devices" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,507, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Waymo LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Time-division multiple access scanning for crosstalk mitigation in light detection and ranging (lidar) devices" was invented by Georges Goetz (Mountain View, Calif.), James Dunphy (San Jose, Calif.), Augusto Tazzoli (San Jose, Calif.) and David Schleuning (Piedmont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example embodiments relate to time-division multiple access scanning for crosstalk mitigation in light detection and ranging (lidar) devices. An example embodiment includes a method. The method includes emitting a first group of light signals into a surroundin...