Patent ID: 11885883
Assignee: WAYMO LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
capturing at least one image using a camera at a given position relative to a light detection and ranging device (LIDAR), wherein the LIDAR includes a transmitter comprising at least one light source, a receiver comprising at least one light detector, and at least one optical element, and wherein the at least one image is indicative of a view of the receiver via the at least one optical element;
determining at least one simulated detector position for intercepting reflections of at least one simulated light beam associated with the at least one light source based on a simulation of a physical arrangement of the at least one optical element and the at least one light source and optical characteristics of the at least one optical element; and
determining an alignment offset between the transmitter and the receiver based on the at least one simulated detector position and the at least one image.