Control method for solid-state lidar and solid-state lidar

A solid-state lidar, comprising:

• a transmitter unit comprising a planar laser array including a plurality of laser partitions, wherein each laser partition comprises a plurality of laser elements;
• a receiver unit comprising a detector array and a plurality of processing modules, wherein the detector array comprises a plurality of detector partitions that are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of laser partitions, wherein the plurality of detector partitions is grouped into a plurality of detector blocks, wherein each detector block comprises at least two detector partitions and is coupled to a different processing module;
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• a control unit coupled to each of the transmitter unit and the receiver unit, wherein the control unit configured to:
• control at least one laser partition to emit laser light;
• control at least one target detector partition which corresponds to the at least one laser partition to receive reflected laser signals;
• and based on each target processing module corresponding to a target detector partition, processing the reflected laser signals received by each target detector partition, wherein each of at least one target detector partition is located in a different detector block, and wherein the target processing module is a processing module coupled to the detector block where the detector partition is located.

A method for controlling a solid-state lidar, wherein the solid-state lidar comprises a planar laser array including a plurality of laser partitions and a detector array including a plurality of detector partitions, wherein each laser partition comprises a plurality of laser elements, wherein the plurality of laser partitions is in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of detector partitions, wherein the plurality of detector partitions are grouped into a plurality of detector blocks, wherein each detector block comprises at least two detector partitions, wherein each detector block is coupled to a different processing module, wherein the plurality of laser partitions is grouped into a plurality of laser blocks, wherein each laser block comprises at least two laser partitions and corresponds to a different detector block, and wherein the method comprises:

• controlling at least two laser partitions to simultaneously emit laser light, wherein at least two target detector partitions corresponding to the at least two laser partitions are located in different detector blocks;
• controlling the at least two target detector partitions to simultaneously receive reflected laser signals of the laser partitions corresponding to the at least two target detector partitions;
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• based on a target processing module corresponding to each target detector partition, processing the reflected laser signals received by each target detector partition, wherein the target processing module is a processing module coupled to a detector block where the target detector partition is located.