Patents by Inventor Mauricio VELAZQUEZ LOPEZ

Mauricio VELAZQUEZ LOPEZ 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).

  • Method and a device for determining a distance to a target
    Patent number: 12204025
    Abstract: A method for determining a distance to a target comprises: receiving a bitstream of binary digits corresponding to a time-varying signal based on light transmitted by a light source being reflected by the target, wherein each binary digit in the bitstream is defined based on the time-varying signal at a time instance represented by the binary digit being above or below a threshold; comparing the bitstream to a set of stored reference bitstreams, wherein the set comprises pairs comprising a first reference bitstream and a second reference bitstream representing a common distance to the target, wherein the first reference bitstream is phase-shifted in relation to the second reference bitstream; and determining the distance to the target based on selection of a pair of reference bitstreams based on said comparing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: IMEC VZW
    Inventors: Orges Furxhi, Azhar Din, Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Jiwon Lee, Mauricio Velazquez Lopez
  • METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A DISTANCE TO A TARGET
    Publication number: 20240036199
    Abstract: A method for determining a distance to a target comprises: receiving a bitstream of binary digits corresponding to a time-varying signal based on light transmitted by a light source being reflected by the target, wherein each binary digit in the bitstream is defined based on the time-varying signal at a time instance represented by the binary digit being above or below a threshold; comparing the bitstream to a set of stored reference bitstreams, wherein the set comprises pairs comprising a first reference bitstream and a second reference bitstream representing a common distance to the target, wherein the first reference bitstream is phase-shifted in relation to the second reference bitstream; and determining the distance to the target based on selection of a pair of reference bitstreams based on said comparing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Orges FURXHI, Azhar DIN, Nikolaos PAPADOPOULOS, Jiwon LEE, Mauricio VELAZQUEZ LOPEZ
  • METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A DISTANCE TO A TARGET
    Publication number: 20240036200
    Abstract: A method for determining a distance to a target comprises: receiving a bitstream of binary digits corresponding to a variation in time of a time-varying signal based on light transmitted by a light source being reflected by the target, wherein each binary digit in the bitstream is defined based on the time-varying signal at a time instance represented by the binary digit being above or below a threshold; comparing the bitstream of binary digits to a set of stored reference bitstreams of binary digits, wherein each reference bitstream represents a distance to the target, and determining the distance to the target based on selection of a reference bitstream in the set of stored reference bitstreams based on said comparing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Jiwon LEE, Azhar DIN, Orges FURXHI, Nikolaos PAPADOPOULOS, Mauricio VELAZQUEZ LOPEZ