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US 2025/0085402 A1Published application
Systems and Methods for Occlusion Detection
AssigneeWaymo LLC
InventorsJason Watson, Blaise Gassend
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for occlusion detection. An example system includes a primary reflective surface and a rotatable mirror configured to rotate about a rotational axis. The rotatable mirror includes a plurality of secondary reflective surfaces. The system also includes an optical element and a camera that is configured to capture at least one image of the optical element by way of the primary reflective surface and at least one secondary reflective surface of the rotatable mirror.
Claims20
A light detection and ranging (lidar) system comprising:
- a transmitter configured to emit light pulses into a field of view;
- a receiver configured to receive reflected light pulses from the field of view;
- an optical element in a transmit path of the transmitter and a receive path of the receiver;
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- a camera, wherein the camera is configured to focus on the optical element to capture at least one image of the optical element.
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A method comprising:
- emitting light pulses through an optical element into a field of view;
- receiving, through the optical element, reflected light pulses from the field of view;
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- causing a camera, which is focused on the optical element, to capture at least one image of the optical element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.