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US 12,529,763 B2Granted
Methods and apparatus for providing a fault-tolerant lidar sensor
AssigneeNuro, Inc.
InventorPaul Michael White
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Abstract
According to one aspect, a lidar system is a lidar system which includes one set of mechanical, e.g., optical, components, and two or more sets of electrical and/or software components. The beams which are provided by the optical components are effectively alternated between a first and second sets of electrical and/or software components. The redundancy provided by the first and second sets of electrical and/or software components allows the lidar system to remain operational in the event that one set of electrical and/or software components becomes non-operational.
Claims10
A rotational lidar comprising:
- a rotatable housing;
- a plurality of light sources disposed within the rotatable housing;
- a plurality of light detectors disposed within the rotatable housing;
- a dual-winding motor configured to rotate the rotatable housing about an axis;
- two motor controllers each configured to control the dual-winding motor;
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- wherein, in response to a failure associated with one of the two motor controllers, the LiDAR sensor is configured to continue operating with the other one of the two motor controllers controlling the dual-winding motor to rotate the rotatable housing of the LiDAR about the axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.