Patent ID: 11860277
Assignee: SILC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 18:
19. A system, comprising:
a LIDAR system configured to output a system output signal and to receive a system return signal,
the system return signal including light that was included in the system output signal and that was reflected by an object located outside of the LIDAR system, and
a time delay occurring between the light being output from the LIDAR system and returning to the LIDAR system,
the LIDAR system being configured to combine the system return signal with a reference signal that has not been output from the LIDAR system,
the reference signal including a contribution from a LIDAR reference signal and from a synchronization reference signal, the contribution from LIDAR reference signal and the contribution from the synchronization reference signal being at different wavelengths;

electronics configured to generate LIDAR data from a portion of the system return signal that returns to the LIDAR system during a data window,
the electronics tuning a duration of the data window in response to the amount of the time delay, and
the LIDAR data indicates a radial velocity and/or distance between the LIDAR system and the object.