Patents Assigned to SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20230112106
    Abstract: The present application discloses an abnormal field of view recognition method and device, a storage medium, and a MEMS LiDAR. The method includes respectively adjusting angles of a galvanometer in an X axis and a Y axis when the MEMS LiDAR is started; acquiring echo data from scanning a window at the adjusted angles of the galvanometer in the X axis and the Y axis; acquiring distances, from the echo data, between an upper edge, a lower edge, a left edge, and a right edge of the window and the MEMS LiDAR; and determining whether a field of view of the galvanometer is abnormal or not based on the distances between the upper edge, the lower edge, the left edge, and the right edge of the window and the MEMS LiDAR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhaohui SHI
  • Publication number: 20230109942
    Abstract: An optical emitting device and an optical sensor are provided. The optical emitting device includes a body, a light source, and a first light-blocking structure. The body has an emitting cavity extending in a first preset direction. The emitting cavity has an incident light port and an emergent light port that are arranged in the first preset direction. An inner wall of the emitting cavity has a first inner wall portion and a second inner wall portion. The first inner wall portion and the second inner wall portion are oppositely arranged. The light source and the body are arranged in the first preset direction. The first light-blocking structure is arranged in the first inner wall portion of the emitting cavity. A light-transmitting channel is arranged between the first light-blocking structure and the second inner wall portion. The first light-blocking structure includes a plurality of first light-blocking sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhengren QIU, Jiachao ZHANG, Hongju LI, Peng WANG, Kaipeng ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11624831
    Abstract: This application provides an obstacle detection method and apparatus and a storage medium, where the method includes: obtaining point cloud data in an Nth detection sub-range of LiDAR in a preset sequence, wherein a detection range of the LiDAR in a detection cycle includes M detection sub-ranges, the Nth detection sub-range is any one of the M detection sub-ranges, M is an integer greater than or equal to 2, and N is an integer less than or equal to M; calculating confidence that the Nth detection sub-range includes a preset target object based on the obtained point cloud data in the Nth detection sub-range; and if the confidence is greater than or equal to the preset threshold, output an identification result of the preset target object. In the obstacle detection method provided in this application, real-time performance for detecting an obstacle by LiDAR is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Wang, Leilei Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20230107928
    Abstract: This application discloses a LiDAR adjustment method, circuit, and apparatus, a LiDAR, and a storage medium. The method is applied to the LiDAR having a photoelectric sensor, and the method includes: obtaining an operating temperature of the photoelectric sensor; determining a target bias voltage based on the operating temperature, where the target bias voltage is a difference between voltages applied to a cathode and an anode of the photoelectric sensor; and based on the target bias voltage, adjusting the voltages applied to at least one of the anode and the cathode of the photoelectric sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin TAN, Shen JIANG
  • Publication number: 20230109123
    Abstract: A radar data transceiver, a ranging method, and a LiDAR are provided. The transceiver includes: a synchronization module, configured to generate a synchronization signal and send the synchronization signal to an emission module and a receiving module separately; the emission module, connected with the synchronization module and configured to delay the synchronization signal according to a preset delay policy, generate a first emission signal, and emit the first emission signal; and the receiving module, connected with the synchronization module and configured to receive a reflected signal, generate a first histogram according to the reflected signal and the synchronization signal, and superimpose histograms obtained by n measurements to generate an echo signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changsheng GONG, Yajun DU
  • Publication number: 20230100657
    Abstract: A LiDAR is provided. The LiDAR includes two laser emission modules and one laser receiving module. The two laser emission modules are located separately on opposite sides of the laser receiving module, and a combination of emission fields of view of the two laser emission modules matches a receiving field of view of the laser receiving module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongju LI, Yizhi HUANG
  • Publication number: 20230084838
    Abstract: A layered convergence topology structure for a plurality of sensors is established based on a sensing range and a position relationship of at least one sensor from the sensors. A plurality of pieces of first sensed information, respectively captured through each sensor of the sensors, are divided into at least two first groups based on the layered convergence topology structure. Each piece of first sensed information in respective first group of the at least two first groups is converged to obtain at least two pieces of first converged information. The at least two pieces of first converged information are determined as at least two pieces of second sensed information for convergence to obtain second converged information. When a piece number of the second converged information is one, the second converged information is determined as target converged information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shiwen HE
  • Publication number: 20230067391
    Abstract: The present application discloses a LiDAR occlusion detection method and apparatus, a storage medium, and a LiDAR. The method includes: obtaining detected echo data, obtaining distance information of each point in the echo data, comparing the distance information with a preset distance range, and in response to the distance information being within the preset distance range, determining that the LiDAR is occluded. In the present application, it can be detected in real time whether the LiDAR is occluded, without affecting transmittance of the LiDAR or increasing manufacturing costs of the LiDAR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhaohui SHI
  • Patent number: 11592553
    Abstract: Provided are a pulse laser ranging system and method employing a time domain waveform matching technique. The system comprises a software part and a hardware part. The hardware part comprises an optical collimation system, an FPGA, a filter, a photoelectric conversion system, an analog amplifier circuit, a laser transmitter, a signal combination system, an ADC sampling system and a narrow pulse laser transmitting circuit. When transmitting a control signal to control laser transmission, the FPGA sends a time reference pulse to the signal combination system. The signal combination system integrates the time reference pulse with a fixed amplitude analog echo signal to form an echo signal with a time reference. The echo signal with a time reference is quantified into a digital detection signal in the ADC sampling system. The digital detection signal is sent to the FPGA to undergo data analysis. The software part is used to perform time domain waveform matching analysis to obtain a ranging result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chunxin Qiu, Letian Liu
  • Publication number: 20230053498
    Abstract: A packaging structure and a packaging method of edge couplers and a fiber array are provided. The packaging structure includes a silicon substrate, an edge coupler, and a fiber array. Multiple edge couplers are arranged in a main body portion of the silicon substrate, and an end of the edge coupler extends to a step groove of the silicon substrate. At least a part of the cover of the fiber array is accommodated in the step groove. Multiple fibers in the fiber array correspondingly pass through multiple lead channels of the cover and are then coupled with the edge couplers in the step groove. The edge couplers butt the fibers in the fiber array. The cover is moved until a part of the cover is accommodated in the step groove, so that the fibers can be aligned with the edge couplers in the step groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin ZHU, Jing WANG, Ben NIU
  • Publication number: 20230059799
    Abstract: This application is applicable to the field of radar technologies, and provides a radar data processing method, a terminal device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: obtaining radar data collected by a receiving area array; if the radar data is saturated, performing data fusion processing based on a floodlight distance value to obtain a fusion result; and determining a distance of a target object based on the fusion result. The method can accurately obtain an actual distance of the target object, effectively reduce a measurement error, improve calculation accuracy, and resolve an existing problem of a large deviation of a measurement result when an actual echo waveform cannot be effectively restored because a signal received by the radar is over-saturated when a laser is directly irradiated on a target object with high reflectivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Changsheng GONG
  • Publication number: 20230048902
    Abstract: The present application discloses a LiDAR and an autonomous driving vehicle. The LiDAR includes a rotary device, a laser transceiving assembly, and a reflecting assembly. The rotary device has a first rotary part and a second rotary part that are configured to rotate relative to each other around a rotary axis. The laser transceiving assembly is connected to the first rotary part and configured to emit an emergent laser beam and receive a reflected laser beam. The reflecting assembly is connected to the second rotary part and has at least two reflectors. The at least two reflectors are arranged around the rotary axis, and at least two of included angles between the reflectors and a plane perpendicular to the rotary axis are different. In the present application, the same reflector can reflect both the emergent laser beam and the reflected laser beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Di YANG, Pan LU
  • Publication number: 20230043930
    Abstract: A magnetic ring and a magnetic-ring-based system are provided. The magnetic ring includes an inner magnetic ring including an inner coil and an outer magnetic ring corresponding to the inner magnetic ring and including an outer coil facing the inner coil along a circumference of the outer magnetic ring. The inner magnetic ring is connected with a stationary part in a range-finding system, and the outer magnetic ring is connected with a rotating part in the range-finding system. In response to a rotation of the rotating part with respect to the stationary part, the outer magnetic ring rotates with respect to the inner magnetic ring to generate a magnetic field between the inner coil and the outer coil to perform one of data transmission or power transmission in the range-finding system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhihua CHEN, Letian LIU, Chunxin QIU, Xujun TAN, Xiaojun ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20230041896
    Abstract: The present application relates to an optical-electro system, which includes a substrate; at least one photo-detecting unit at least partially formed on the substrate to detect a signal light; at least one optical waveguide at least partially formed on the substrate, each of the at least one optical waveguide connected to one of the at least one photo-detecting unit to input a local light; and at least one electronic output port connected to the at least one photo-detecting unit to transmit at least one electronic output signal from the at least one photo-detecting unit, wherein the at least one electronic output signal is associated with the signal light and the local light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yalin REN, Letian LIU
  • Publication number: 20230035528
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a LiDAR and an automated driving device. The LiDAR includes an emission driving system, a laser transceiving system, and a control and signal processing system. The laser transceiving system includes an emission assembly and a receiving assembly. The emission assembly is configured to emit an outgoing laser. The receiving assembly includes an array detector, and the array detector includes a plurality of detection units. The array detector is configured to synchronously and sequentially turn on the detection units to receive an echo laser, and the echo laser is the laser returned after the outgoing laser is reflected by an object in a detection region. The emission driving system is used to drive the emission assembly. The control and signal processing driving is used to control the emission driving system to drive the emission assembly, and used to control the receiving assembly to receive the echo laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dinglong MA
  • Patent number: 11567177
    Abstract: A phased array lidar includes: a laser generator (100) configured to generate original laser; an optical transmitting medium (400); an optical splitting apparatus (200) coupled to the laser generator (100) through the optical transmitting medium (400); the optical splitting apparatus (200) including a device configured to receive the original laser; and Z radiation units (300), each being respectively coupled to the optical splitting apparatus (200), where Z is a natural number greater than 1. The optical splitting apparatus (200) is configured to split the original laser into Z first optical signals, and send each of the Z first optical signals respectively to the radiation units (300), so that electromagnetic waves radiated by all of the radiation units (300) are combined into a beam of radar waves. The laser generator (100), the device, and the optical transmitting medium (400) are made of a material capable of transmitting laser having power greater than a set power value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yalin Ren
  • Publication number: 20230014366
    Abstract: A laser transceiver system, a LiDAR, and an autonomous driving apparatus are provided. The laser transceiver system is applied to a LiDAR, including an emission module and a plurality of receiving modules corresponding to the emission module. The emission module is configured to emit an outgoing laser; the receiving module is configured to receive an echo laser; and the echo laser is a laser returning after the outgoing laser is reflected by an object in a detection region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dinglong MA
  • Publication number: 20230017188
    Abstract: This application discloses a compensation method and apparatus for continuous wave ranging and a LiDAR. The compensation method includes: calculating a reflectivity of an object detected by a receiving unit, querying, based on a preset mapping relation, for a target distance response non-uniformity (DRNU) calibration compensation matrix associated with the reflectivity, and compensating, using the target DRNU calibration compensation matrix, for a distance of the object detected by the receiving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yixiong HE
  • Patent number: 11550055
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a range-finding system capable of data communication. The range-finding system includes a rangefinder for acquiring ranging data, a magnetic ring unit having at least two communication channels, and a data processing and control unit. Each communication channel includes a magnetic ring. The magnetic ring unit transmits the ranging data as downlink data from the rangefinder to the data processing and control unit via one or more of the communication channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhihua Chen, Letian Liu, Chunxin Qiu, Xujun Tan, Xiaojun Zhou
  • Publication number: 20220413105
    Abstract: A LiDAR and a LiDAR scanning method are provided. The LiDAR includes a transceiving module, a control unit, a galvanometer, and a motor. The galvanometer is a one-dimensional galvanometer. The galvanometer is driven by the control signal to perform vertical scanning, and the galvanometer performs horizontal scanning as the motor rotates, so that the LiDAR performs scanning in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction. Through the present application, a scanning range of the LiDAR can be enlarged, a structure of the LiDAR can be simplified, and resolution and precision of the LiDAR can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ji WANG