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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 76–100 of 220 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
11594650 Controlling detection time in photodetectors Caner Onal, Simon Verghese 2023-02-28
11585929 Hybrid direct detection and coherent light detection and ranging system 2023-02-21
11569629 Thermal rotary link Rahim Pardhan, William McCann, Drew Ulrich 2023-01-31
11567180 Methods and systems for dithering active sensor pulse emissions Michael Marx 2023-01-31
11561284 Parallax compensating spatial filters Ralph Hamilton Shepard, Blaise Gassend 2023-01-24
11550039 Mirror assembly Blaise Gassend, Benjamin Ingram 2023-01-10
11536834 Limitation of noise on light detectors using an aperture Blaise Gassend, Caner Onal, David Hutchison 2022-12-27
11536809 Rotatable mirror assemblies Drew Ulrich 2022-12-27
11520044 Waveguide diffusers for LIDARs David Hutchison, James Dunphy, Nathaniel Golshan, Ralph Hamilton Shepard 2022-12-06
11513198 LIDAR pulse elongation Luke Wachter, Clayton Kunz 2022-11-29
11470284 Rotating LIDAR with co-aligned imager Simon Verghese, Brendan Hermalyn 2022-10-11
11467595 Wide-view LIDAR with areas of special attention Bradley Templeton, Jiajun Zhu 2022-10-11
11460648 Methods for optical system manufacturing David Schleuning 2022-10-04
11460575 Laser diode timing feedback using trace loop Gaetan Pennecot 2022-10-04
11422479 Method for manufacturing light guide elements Bernard Fidric, David Hutchison 2022-08-23
11408991 Tailoring sensor emission power to map, vehicle state, and environment Benjamin Ingram, Edward Daniel McCloskey, Timothy Campbell 2022-08-09
11402845 Wide-view LIDAR with areas of special attention Bradley Templeton, Jiajun Zhu 2022-08-02
11393865 Optical receiver systems and devices with detector array comprising a plurality of substrates aligned with an encapsulation layer comprising an alignment structure Caner Onal, William McCann, Laila Mattos 2022-07-19
11392124 Method and system for calibrating a plurality of detection systems in a vehicle Colin Braley, Dorel Ionut Iordache, Ralph Hamilton Shepard, Caner Onal 2022-07-19
11391820 Mirrors to extend sensor field of view in self-driving vehicles Mingcheng Chen, Benjamin Pitzer, William Grossman 2022-07-19
11385406 Optical signal routing devices and systems James Dunphy, David Hutchison, Yeh-Jiun Tung 2022-07-12
11378663 Systems and methods for biasing light detectors Vadim Gutnik 2022-07-05
11368153 Systems and methods for selecting light emitters for emitting light Augusto Tazzoli, Michael Marx 2022-06-21
11333748 Array of light detectors with corresponding array of optical elements Ralph Hamilton Shepard, David Schleuning, Mark Alexander Shand, Luke Wachter 2022-05-17
11333746 Variable beam spacing, timing, and power for vehicle sensors Benjamin Ingram, Luke Wachter, Scott McCloskey, Blaise Gassend, Gaetan Pennecot 2022-05-17