Patent ID: 11933902
Assignee: AURORA OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, from a phase coherent Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) monopulse component of a vehicle, the phase coherent LIDAR monopulse component being a frequency-modulated (FM) LIDAR monopulse component, a group of FMLIDAR data points collectively capturing a plurality of points in an area of an environment of the vehicle,
each of the FM LIDAR data points of the group indicating an instantaneous corresponding range and an instantaneous corresponding velocity for a corresponding one of the points in the environment, and each being generated based on a corresponding sensing event of the phase coherent FM LIDAR monopulse component,
wherein the corresponding sensing events of the phase coherent FM LIDAR monopulse component each comprise a first receiver sensing event at a first receiver of the phase coherent FM LIDAR monopulse component;

determining that a subgroup, of the FM LIDAR data points of the group, corresponds to an object of a particular classification based at least upon the sensing events and adapting autonomous control of the vehicle based on determining that the subgroup corresponds to the object of the particular classification.