US 12,105,225 B2
Systems and methods for calibrating a LiDAR device
Zhongping Cai, San Jose, CA (US); Geovany Ramirez, San Jose, CA (US); Ayush Shah, San Jose, CA (US); Shing Leung Luk, San Jose, CA (US); and Marcus Smith, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/852,128.
Prior Publication US 2021/0325520 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. G01S 7/497 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/42 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G05B 19/4061 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 7/497 (2013.01) [G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 17/42 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G05B 19/4061 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37288 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37558 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a LiDAR device comprising a plurality of channels;
a calibration target comprising a continuous curved concave reflective surface extending between first and second ends of the calibration target and positioned with respect to the LiDAR device such that the first end is at a first fixed distance from the LiDAR device and the second end is at a second fixed distance from the LiDAR device greater than the first fixed distance; and
a calibration controller operable to perform a reflectance over range calibration of the
LiDAR device by scanning, with the LiDAR device, portions of the continuous curved reflective surface of the calibration target with the plurality of channels; and
wherein the calibration target is positioned and the reflective surface is configured such that, during the scanning, each channel in the plurality of channels scans a different range while glancing angles of return signals for each channel are substantially uniform.