Patents by Inventor Nathan Wilkerson

Nathan Wilkerson 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).

  • Publication number: 20250258280
    Abstract: A light detection and ranging (LiDAR) method may include generating, by a first transmitter, a first light illumination signal; generating, by a second transmitter, a second light illumination signal; receiving first return signals corresponding to the first light illumination signal; receiving second return signals corresponding to the second light illumination signal; and sampling the first return signals or the second return signals during a short-range sampling period, such that the short-range sampling period avoids a period of dazzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2025
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Inventors: Nathan Wilkerson, Mathew Noel Rekow
  • Patent number: 12292534
    Abstract: A light detection and ranging (LiDAR) method may include generating, by a first transmitter, a first light illumination signal; generating, by a second transmitter, a second light illumination signal; receiving first return signals corresponding to the first light illumination signal; receiving second return signals corresponding to the second light illumination signal; and sampling the first return signals or the second return signals during a short-range sampling period, such that the short-range sampling period avoids a period of dazzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Wilkerson, Mathew Noel Rekow
  • Publication number: 20230213621
    Abstract: A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device including a plurality of illumination sources, each of the plurality of illumination sources configured to emit illumination light, an optical scanning device disposed in an optical path of the plurality of illumination sources, the optical scanning device configured to oscillate about a first axis to redirect the illumination light emitted by the plurality of illumination sources from the LIDAR device into a three-dimensional (3-D) environment, a plurality of photosensitive detectors, each of the plurality of photosensitive detectors configured to detect a respective portion of return light reflected from the 3-D environment when illuminated by a respective portion of the illumination light, and a scanning mechanism configured to rotate the optical scanning device about a second axis orthogonal to the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Mathew Noel Rekow, Stephen S. Nestinger, Nathan Wilkerson
  • Publication number: 20220350000
    Abstract: A light detection and ranging (LiDAR) method may include generating, by a first transmitter, a first light illumination signal; generating, by a second transmitter, a second light illumination signal; receiving first return signals corresponding to the first light illumination signal; receiving second return signals corresponding to the second light illumination signal; and sampling the first return signals or the second return signals during a short-range sampling period, such that the short-range sampling period avoids a period of dazzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Nathan Wilkerson, Mathew Noel Rekow