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

Claim 14:
15. A method, comprising:
outputting a system output signal from a LIDAR system and receiving a system return signal at the LIDAR system,
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; and

generating LIDAR data from a portion of the system return signal that returns to the LIDAR system during a data window,
the LIDAR data indicating a radial velocity and/or distance between the LIDAR system and the object; and
generating the LIDAR data includes tuning a duration of the data window in response to the amount of the time delay,
the data window being tuned such that the duration of the data window increases as the object becomes closer to the LIDAR system.