Patent ID: 11933882
Assignee: INSTITUT NATIONAL D'OPTIQUE
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the computer executable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to perform steps of:
controlling, in the target detection phase, the transmitter-receiver assembly to scan the lidar search signal over a plurality of additional search directions to produce a corresponding plurality of additional search return signals by reflection of the lidar search signal from the target, wherein, at the estimated range of the target, an angular field of illumination of the lidar search signal associated with each additional search direction overlaps at least partly with an angular field of illumination of the lidar search signal associated with the search direction;
refining, from the plurality of additional search return signals, the estimated angular location of the target; and
controlling, in the SA imaging phase, the transmitter-receiver assembly to adjust the imaging direction of the SA transmission signal based on the refined estimated angular location of the target.