Patents by Inventor Darryl Ngal

Darryl Ngal has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Systems, devices, and/or methods for resonant light ranging and distance sensing
    Patent number: 10379222
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a resonant scanning LIDAR system, which comprises a modulated continuous-wave or pulsed light source, an optomechanical element that generates a light scan having a bounded periodic motion or a substantially periodic motion, a scan lens element that focuses light onto a distant target, a detector element that detects scattered or reflected light from the distant target, and a controller that controls light source modulation, bounded periodic motion of the optomechanical element, and acquires a signal from the detector element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Inventors: Darryl Ngal, Christopher Brown
  • Systems, Devices, and/or Methods for Resonant Light Ranging and Distance Sensing
    Publication number: 20180275276
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a resonant scanning LIDAR system, which comprises a modulated continuous-wave or pulsed light source, an optomechanical element that generates a light scan having a bounded periodic motion or a substantially periodic motion, a scan lens element that focuses light onto a distant target, a detector element that detects scattered or reflected light from the distant target, and a controller that controls light source modulation, bounded periodic motion of the optomechanical element, and acquires a signal from the detector element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Darryl Ngal, Christopher Brown