Patent ID: 11927673
Assignee: WIRELESS PHOTONICS, LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC G

Claim 17:
18. A vehicle light detection and ranging (LIDAR) apparatus for measuring a distance between a vehicle and one or more objects, comprising:
a signal modulator to generate a modulation signal;
a vehicle LED driver assembly to generate a modulated light emitting diode (LED) transmission signal, based at least in part on the modulation signal;
a vehicle LED light assembly to transmit a plurality of light beams, based at least in part on the generated modulated LED transmission signal;
one or more cameras to capture a reflection of the plurality of light beams off the one or more objects, the camera including an array of pixel sensors and being positioned on an vehicle, and to communicate a series of measurements representing the captured plurality of light beam reflections to a time-of-flight sensor module;
the time-of-flight sensor module to calculate time of flight measurements between the vehicle LED light assembly and the one or more objects, based at least in part on the series of measurements generated by the array of pixels representing the captured plurality of light beam reflections; and
a depth processor module to calculate distances between the vehicle LED light assembly and the one or more objects based on the time-of-flight measurements, wherein the vehicle LED light assembly is a vehicle LED headlight assembly in the car.