Patent ID: 11964663
Assignee: AURORA OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 19:
20. An autonomous vehicle, comprising:
a phase coherent Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) component;
one or more processors executing stored computer instructions to:
receive, from the phase coherent LIDAR component, LIDAR data capturing an environment of a vehicle,
the LIDAR data indicating, for each of a plurality of points in the environment of the vehicle, at least one corresponding instantaneous range and at least one corresponding instantaneous velocity based on a corresponding sensing event of the phase coherent LIDAR component;
determine, based on multiple of the corresponding instantaneous velocities indicated by the LIDAR data, an at least one instantaneous vehicle characteristic of a dynamic object in the environment of the vehicle; and
adapt autonomous control of the vehicle based on the determined at least one instantaneous vehicle characteristic of the dynamic object.