Patents Assigned to HESAI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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Publication number: 20240061093Abstract: A device and method for measuring an angle of a scanner, and a LiDAR. The device for measuring the angle includes a conductor (11) and an angle measuring circuit (12), wherein the scanner comprises a scanning mirror (10); one side of the scanning mirror (10) includes a reflective surface and the other side thereof includes a mounting surface, and the scanning mirror can pivot around at least one axis; the conductor (11) can be fixed on the mounting surface; the angle measuring circuit (12) includes a resonant system (120) and a sampling unit (121); the resonant system (120) includes an inductor (1201) and a capacitor (1202), the inductor (1201) can be fixedly arranged at a predetermined distance from a stationary position of the conductor (11); and the sampling unit (121) can sample and output an electric signal of the resonant system (120), and can determine a parameter of the resonant system (120) so as to determine a tilt angle of the scanning mirror (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: Hesai Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yongfeng GAO, Shaoqing XIANG
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Patent number: 11899137Abstract: A Lidar system and method is provided for adaptive control. The Lidar system comprises: an array of emitters each of which is individually addressable and controlled to emit a multi-pulse sequence, at least a subset of the emitters are activated to emit multi-pulse sequences concurrently according to an emission pattern; an array of photosensors each of which is individually addressable, at least a subset of the photosensors are enabled to receive light pulses according to a sensing pattern, each of the subset of photosensors is configured to detect returned light pulses returned and generate an output signal indicative of an amount of optical energy associated with at least a subset of the light pulses; and one or more processors electrically coupled to the array of emitters and the array of photosensors and configured to generate the emission pattern and the sensing pattern based on one or more real-time conditions.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Hesai Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xuezhou Zhu, Kai Sun, Shaoqing Xiang, Jin Yang, Chenluan Wang, Xugang Liu, Wenyi Zhu, Tingyu Yao, Shixiang Wu, Hui Yin
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Publication number: 20240027587Abstract: A Lidar system may comprise a rotor and a stator. The rotor is configured to rotate with respect to the stator. The rotor comprises at least one supporting body and a plurality of light sources disposed on the at least one supporting body, the plurality of light sources configured to emit a plurality of first light beams. The plurality of light beams are non-uniformly distributed along a vertical direction in a vertical field of view of the Lidar system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: Hesai Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shaoqing XIANG, Na LI, Yancong LU
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Patent number: 11879999Abstract: An apparatus for mounting a plurality of light sources of a Lidar is provided. The apparatus comprises: a plurality of mounting units held by a base structure and a fixation component that is disposed away from the base structure along a longitudinal direction of a mounting unit, the base structure and the fixation component configured to allow an adjustment of the plurality of mounting units along a horizontal direction. The plurality of the mounting units includes structures that accept the plurality of the light sources and control directions of light beams emitted by the plurality of light sources along a vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Hesai Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jiasheng Li, Hongguang Wang, Shaoqing Xiang
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Publication number: 20240019556Abstract: A storage method for detection data of a lidar, a data processing method for a lidar, a lidar, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The storage method includes: S101: receiving a detection data, the detection data including time information and intensity information corresponding to the time information; and S102: storing the intensity information with a first time precision based on a weight of the time information. The first time precision is a time interval between any two adjacent first time scales, and is n times the time resolution of the detection data of the lidar, and n>1. The weight is associated with a time interval between the time information and at least one first time scale. The storage method can maintain a ranging precision while reducing a storage space.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: HESAI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jin YANG, Shuaiqi XU, Hongyan ZHANG, Shaoqing XIANG
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Patent number: 11867816Abstract: A laser gas detection system includes a laser gas detector and a near-eye display device. The laser gas detection system provided in the present disclosure incorporates modern display technologies and modern communication facilities to present detection results to a user of the laser gas detection system in various intuitive and highly readable forms. The laser gas detection system is further capable of projecting the detection results to a field of view of the user through the near-eye display device.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Hesai Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kai Sun, Jun Tao, Shaoqing Xiang
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Patent number: 11867815Abstract: A laser gas detection system includes a laser gas detector and a near-eye display device. The laser gas detection system provided in the present disclosure incorporates modern display technologies and modern communication facilities to present detection results to a user of the laser gas detection system in various intuitive and highly readable forms. The laser gas detection system is further capable of projecting the detection results to a field of view of the user through the near-eye display device.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Hesai Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kai Sun, Jun Tao, Shaoqing Xiang
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Publication number: 20240006852Abstract: A laser device, a light source module and a laser radar. The laser device comprises: a light-emitting lamination, comprising a first reflector (105), an active region (104) and a second reflector (102), which are sequentially arranged in a light emergence direction, wherein the light-emitting lamination comprises one or more light-emitting units (200), and each of the light-emitting units (200) comprises a plurality of regularly arranged light-emitting points (203); and electrode units (107) located on the side of the first reflector (105) that is away from the active region (104), wherein each of the electrode units (107) corresponds to one light-emitting unit (200) and is used for loading a driving signal to the light-emitting unit (200). The laser device can improve the uniformity of luminous intensity.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: HESAI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jiarui FEI, Chenren YU, Jianfeng LIU, Shaoqing XIANG
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METHOD, PROCESSOR, AND LASER RADAR SYSTEM FOR FILTERING OUT INTERSTITIAL POINTS IN RADAR POINT CLOUD
Publication number: 20230305121Abstract: A method, a processor, and a laser radar system for filtering out interstitial points in a radar point cloud includes: for a to-be-recognized point in a point cloud, acquiring, from point cloud information, ranging information of the to-be-recognized point, ranging information of one or more auxiliary points at the first side of the to-be-recognized point, and ranging information of one or more auxiliary points at the second side of the to-be-recognized point; determining, based on the ranging information of the to-be-recognized point, whether the to-be-recognized point is an interstitial point; and filtering out the to-be-recognized point if the to-be-recognized point is the interstitial point.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: HESAI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Wenxiang WANG, Congbo SHI, Shaoqing XIANG -
Patent number: 11686827Abstract: A Lidar system is provided. The Lidar system comprise: a light source configured to emit a multi-pulse sequence to measure a distance between the Lidar system and a location in a three-dimensional environment, and the multi-pulse sequence comprises multiple pulses having a temporal profile; a photosensitive detector configured to detect light pulses from the three-dimensional environment; and one or more processors configured to: determine a coding scheme comprising the temporal profile, wherein the coding scheme is determined dynamically based on one or more real-time conditions including an environment condition, a condition of the Lidar system or a signal environment condition; and calculate the distance based on a time of flight of a sequence of detected light pulses, wherein the time of flight is determined by determining a match between the sequence of detected light pulses and the temporal profile.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Hesai Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xuezhou Zhu, Shaoqing Xiang
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Patent number: 11668802Abstract: A scanner and a method for controlling the scanner for a Lidar system are provided. The method comprises: producing a trigger signal by a positional sensor of the scanner; generating a single drive signal comprising a first component at a first frequency and a second component at a second frequency, the first component and the second component are superposed with a fixed phase relationship with aid of the trigger signal; transmitting the single drive signal to the scanner, and the scanner has resonant responses at the first frequency; and actuating the scanner to move in a first periodic motion at the first frequency about a first axis, and move in a second periodic motion at the second frequency about a second axis.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Hesai Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yongfeng Gao, Shengping Mao, Liangchen Ye, Shaoqing Xiang
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Publication number: 20230152432Abstract: A lidar and a control method of the lidar, and an addressing circuit are provided. The control method of the lidar includes: acquiring an address of a starting group of detection units is paired with a group of activated emitters in the lidar, and generating a corresponding control signal for detection, where the address of the starting group of the detection units is determined based on a result of a calibration process performing a decoding process and a logic operation process on the control signal for detection, determining the address of the corresponding starting group of the detection units that has been processed by the calibration process, and determining addresses of other groups of detection units to be synchronously activated at the same time with the starting group of the detection units, determining a channel selecting address, and generating a selecting and controlling signal for corresponding channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: HESAI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Chenluan WANG, Xuezhou ZHU, Wenyi ZHU, Tingyu YAO, Shaoqing XIANG
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Publication number: 20230129970Abstract: A control method of a lidar is provided. The lidar includes a laser emitter array with N laser emitters. The control method includes: controlling n laser emitters to emit a first detection laser beam, and controlling k laser emitters among the n laser emitters to emit a second detection laser beam; receiving echoes, reflected by a target object, of the first detection laser beam and the second detection laser beam; calculating a distance of the target object according to the echoes; and reducing, in a case that the target object is detected in a preset distance, an emission intensity of the first detection laser beam emitted by at least parts of the n laser emitters in a range corresponding to the target object in a next detection period.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: HESAI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Feng LIANG, Shaoqing XIANG, Congbo SHI, Xiaotong ZHOU
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Publication number: 20230119371Abstract: A lidar is provided, including: an emitting unit, including a plurality of laser emitters and driving circuits, where the driving circuits are configured to drive the laser emitters to emit detection laser beams for detecting a target object, the emitting unit further includes a compensation unit for a blind region, and the compensation unit for a blind region is configured to cause a target object within a short range of the lidar to receive the detection laser beams and cause reflected echoes to be received by detectors; a receiving unit, including a plurality of detectors, where the detectors are configured to receive echoes of the detection laser beams reflected by the target object and to convert the echoes into electrical signals; and a processing unit, coupled to the receiving unit and configured to receive the electrical signals for calculating the distance and/or reflectivity of the target object.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: HESAI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Xuezhou ZHU, Kaimin YAN, Haihua LIU, Shaoqing XIANG
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Publication number: 20230117963Abstract: A laser source, a light emitting unit, and a lidar are provided. The light emitting unit is used in the lidar, and the light emitting unit includes: a first light emitting region and a second light emitting region. Sizes of the first light emitting region and the second light emitting region are different. The first light emitting region and the second light emitting region form the same light emitting channel, and respectively detect target objects at different distances, thereby reducing emission power of the light emitting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: HESAI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jie CHEN, Shaoqing XIANG
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Patent number: 11573327Abstract: A light detection and ranging system is provided for improving imaging accuracy and measurement range. The light detection and ranging system may comprise: a light source configured to emit a multi-pulse sequence into a three-dimensional environment, in which the multi-pulse sequence comprises multiple light pulses having a temporal profile; a photosensitive detector configured to detect light pulses returned from the three-dimensional environment and generate an output signal indicative of an amount of optical energy associated with a subset of the light pulses; and one or more processors electrically coupled to the light source and the photosensitive detector, and the one or more processors are configured to: generate the temporal profile based on one or more real-time conditions; and determine one or more parameters for selecting the subset of light pulses.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Hesai Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhengqing Pan, Shaoqing Xiang, Yifan Li, Kai Sun
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Patent number: 11543503Abstract: A multi-line Lidar is provided. The multi-line Lidar includes: a multi-line ranging laser emission module comprising one or more lasers; a multi-line ranging laser reception module comprising one or more photodetectors and adapted to detect a laser echo generated when a measurement laser emitted by the laser emission module is incident to an obstacle and is diffusedly reflected; a ranging information resolution module in electrical signal connection with the multi-line ranging laser emission module and the multi-line ranging laser reception module, and designed to calculate the distance, in each direction, to the obstacle by means of calculating the time difference between the emission of the measurement laser and the receiving of the laser echo; and a control circuit and an optical system correspondingly configured for the multi-line ranging laser emission module and the multi-line ranging laser reception module.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Hesai Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Rui Wang, Na Li, Shaoqing Xiang, Yifan Li
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Patent number: 11525900Abstract: A laser system is provided. The laser system comprises: a seed laser configured to produce a sequence of seed light pulses, wherein the sequence of seed light pulses are produced with variable time intervals in a sweep cycle; a pump laser configured to produce pump light having variable amplitude in the sweep cycle; and a control unit configured to generate a command to the pump laser to synchronize the pump light with the sequence of seed light pulses.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: HESAI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Zhengqing Pan
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Patent number: D1000299Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: HESAI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hu Lyu, Lin Zhu, Shaoqing Xiang
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Patent number: D1000978Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: HESAI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shiyu Zhao, Hongguang Wang, Shaoqing Xiang