CPC G01S 17/36 (2013.01) [G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 7/4911 (2013.01); G01S 17/34 (2020.01); G01S 17/58 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |
1. A light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system, comprising:
a laser for generating a frequency modulated optical signal comprising a series of optical chirps;
a laser driver that controls the laser to generate the optical chirps;
a scanning assembly that (a) transmits the optical chirps across a scanning region at an optical power in a range of 10 mW to 3 W and (b) receives reflected optical chirps that have reflected off one or more objects located within the scanning region, wherein the objects are detectable at a range of at least 200 meters from the LiDAR system; and
an electronic data analysis assembly that generates a plurality of data points each of which comprises distance data associated with a portion of the reflected optical chirps to detect at least an object at a distance from the LiDAR system, the electronic data analysis assembly further adaptively controls the laser driver to alter a parameter of a subset of the optical chirps based on the distance to the object responsive to the detection of the object at the distance.
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