Patent ID: 11965992
Assignee: AURORA OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: nan (nan)
Classification: CPC nan | IPC B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system comprising:
a laser configured to generate a laser beam based on a particular laser waveform that is associated with at least one parameter of a plurality of parameters, the at least one parameter defining at least one of shape or linearity of the particular laser waveform; and
a calibration unit configured to, based on an output frequency of the laser beam, determine a particular value for the at least one parameter of the plurality of parameters to compensate for distortion characteristics of the laser,
wherein determining the particular value for the at least one parameter comprises minimizing a value of a merit function, the merit function depending on the at least one parameter and quantifying at least one of linearity or shape of the particular laser waveform,
wherein the calibration unit is further configured to update the particular laser waveform with the particular value of the at least one parameter of the plurality of parameters.