Patent ID: 11927702
Assignee: AURORA OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor system for a vehicle, the LIDAR sensor system comprising:
one or more LIDAR pixels, wherein at least one of the one or more LIDAR pixels includes:
a dual-polarization optical antenna configured to: (i) emit a transmit beam having a first polarization orientation, and (ii) detect a return beam having a second polarization orientation;
a second optical antenna offset from the dual-polarization optical antenna by a particular distance, wherein the second optical antenna is configured to detect the return beam having the second polarization orientation; and
one or more receivers configured to generate one or more signals in response to detecting the second polarization orientation of the return beam.