Systems and Methods for Selecting Light Emitters for Emitting Light
AssigneeWaymo LLC
InventorsPierre-yves Droz, Augusto Tazzoli, Michael Marx
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AssigneeWaymo LLC
InventorsPierre-yves Droz, Augusto Tazzoli, Michael Marx
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An example circuit includes a plurality of light emitters connected in parallel between a first node and a second node. The circuit also includes a plurality of capacitors, with each capacitor corresponding to one of the light emitters, and a plurality of discharge-control switches, with each discharge-control switches corresponding to one of the capacitors. The circuit further includes a pulse-control switch connected to the plurality of light emitters. During a first period, the pulse-control switch restricts current flow, and each of the plurality of capacitors is charged via the first node. During a second period, one or more of the plurality of discharge-control switches allows current flow that discharges one or more corresponding capacitors. During a third period, the pulse-control switch allows current flow that discharges one or more undischarged capacitors of the plurality of capacitors through one or more corresponding light emitters.
A circuit comprising:
A method comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by a processor cause performance of a set of functions, wherein the set of functions comprises:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.