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Pierre-Yves Droz

Google: 220 patents #5 of 22,993Top 1%
Los Altos, CA: #15 of 3,651 inventorsTop 1%
California: #456 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #2,689 of 4,157,543Top 1%
220 Patents All Time

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Showing 51–75 of 220 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
11867841 Methods and systems for dithering active sensor pulse emissions Michael Marx 2024-01-09
11867808 Waveguide diffusers for LIDARs David Hutchison, James Dunphy, Nathaniel Golshan, Ralph Hamilton Shepard 2024-01-09
11860305 Light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device having multiple receivers Caner Onal, William McCann, Bernard Fidric, Vadim Gutnik, Laila Mattos +1 more 2024-01-02
11838689 Rotating LIDAR with co-aligned imager Simon Verghese, Brendan Hermalyn 2023-12-05
11822377 Timebase synchronization using pulsed signal injection David Sobel, Pieter Kaspenberg, Srikanth Muroor 2023-11-21
11822022 Methods and systems for LIDAR optics alignment Gaetan Pennecot 2023-11-21
11822011 Mirrors to extend sensor field of view in self-driving vehicles Mingcheng Chen, Benjamin Pitzer, William Grossman 2023-11-21
11808887 Methods and systems for mapping retroreflectors Caner Onal, Michael Marx, Blaise Gassend 2023-11-07
11802942 LIDAR with co-aligned transmit and receive paths David Hutchison, Ralph Hamilton Shepard, Nathaniel Golshan 2023-10-31
11780339 Contactless electrical coupling for a rotatable LIDAR device Samuel William Lenius 2023-10-10
11774556 Combination photodetector arrays for extended dynamic range Caner Onal, Blaise Gassend 2023-10-03
11747453 Calibration system for light detection and ranging (lidar) devices Ralph Hamilton Shepard, Caner Onal, Hui Son 2023-09-05
11740333 Pulse energy plan for light detection and ranging (lidar) devices based on areas of interest and thermal budgets Caner Onal, Simon Ellgas, Augusto Tazzoli 2023-08-29
11726488 Light steering device with a plurality of beam-steering optics Drew Ulrich, Samuel William Lenius 2023-08-15
11726277 Methods for optical system manufacturing David Schleuning 2023-08-15
11714233 Optical signal routing devices and systems James Dunphy, David Hutchison, Yeh-Jiun Tung 2023-08-01
11714171 Array of waveguide diffusers for light detection using an aperture and a given total internal reflection waveguide David Hutchison 2023-08-01
11688917 Radar system for use in a vehicle comprising a rotary joint where a non-rotational unit is fixed to the vehicle and a rotational unit includes antennas configured for use with radar signals Zhe Li, Jamal Izadian, Min Wang, Samuel William Lenius, Paul Karplus +1 more 2023-06-27
11686823 LIDAR receiver using a waveguide and an aperture David Hutchison, Ralph Hamilton Shepard 2023-06-27
11681031 Window occlusion imager near focal plane Ralph Hamilton Shepard, Matthew E. Last, Bryce Remesch 2023-06-20
11681030 Range calibration of light detectors Luke Wachter 2023-06-20
11681022 Aggregating non-imaging SPAD architecture for full digital monolithic, frame averaging receivers Caner Onal 2023-06-20
11677398 Systems and methods for selecting light emitters for emitting light Augusto Tazzoli, Michael Marx 2023-06-13
11669101 Light steering device with an array of oscillating reflective slats Drew Ulrich, Samuel William Lenius 2023-06-06
11614523 Methods and systems for protecting a light detection and ranging (lidar) device Simon Verghese, Mark Alexander Shand 2023-03-28