Luke Wachter

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San Francisco, CA, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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LIDAR pulse elongation
- Patent number 12,204,053
- Issue date Jan 21, 2025
- Waymo LLC
- Luke Wachter
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Long range steerable LIDAR system
- Patent number 12,196,884
- Issue date Jan 14, 2025
- Waymo LLC
- Pierre-yves Droz
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Vehicle sensor synchronization using an external clock source
- Patent number 12,061,296
- Issue date Aug 13, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- Blaise Gassend
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Methods and systems for detecting obstructions on a sensor housing
- Patent number 11,933,920
- Issue date Mar 19, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- Gil Shotan
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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LIDAR pulse elongation
- Patent number 11,892,567
- Issue date Feb 6, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- Luke Wachter
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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LIDAR optics alignment system
- Patent number 11,885,883
- Issue date Jan 30, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- Gil Shotan
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Range calibration of light detectors
- Patent number 11,681,030
- Issue date Jun 20, 2023
- Waymo LLC
- Luke Wachter
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Computation of the angle of incidence of laser beam and its applica...
- Patent number 11,592,524
- Issue date Feb 28, 2023
- Waymo LLC
- Mingcheng Chen
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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LIDAR pulse elongation
- Patent number 11,513,198
- Issue date Nov 29, 2022
- Waymo LLC
- Luke Wachter
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Variable beam spacing, timing, and power for vehicle sensors
- Patent number 11,333,746
- Issue date May 17, 2022
- Waymo LLC
- Benjamin Ingram
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Array of light detectors with corresponding array of optical elements
- Patent number 11,333,748
- Issue date May 17, 2022
- Waymo LLC
- Ralph H. Shepard
- G02 - OPTICS
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Vehicle with multiple light detection and ranging devices (LIDARs)
- Patent number RE48961
- Issue date Mar 8, 2022
- Waymo LLC
- Daniel Gruver
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Long range steerable LIDAR system
- Patent number 11,054,505
- Issue date Jul 6, 2021
- Waymo LLC
- Pierre-yves Droz
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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LIDAR optics alignment system
- Patent number 11,035,957
- Issue date Jun 15, 2021
- Waymo LLC
- Gil Shotan
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Vehicle with multiple light detection and ranging devices (LIDARS)
- Patent number 10,976,437
- Issue date Apr 13, 2021
- Waymo LLC
- Gaetan Pennecot
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Vehicle sensor synchronization using an external clock source
- Patent number 10,866,313
- Issue date Dec 15, 2020
- Waymo LLC
- Blaise Gassend
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Variable beam spacing, timing, and power for vehicle sensors
- Patent number 10,788,571
- Issue date Sep 29, 2020
- Waymo LLC
- Benjamin Ingram
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Variable beam spacing, timing, and power for vehicle sensors
- Patent number 10,634,769
- Issue date Apr 28, 2020
- Waymo LLC
- Benjamin Ingram
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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LIDAR optics alignment systems and methods
- Patent number 10,578,724
- Issue date Mar 3, 2020
- Waymo LLC
- Pierre-Yves Droz
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Variable beam spacing, timing, and power for vehicle sensors
- Patent number 10,416,290
- Issue date Sep 17, 2019
- Waymo LLC
- Benjamin Ingram
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Variable beam spacing, timing, and power for vehicle sensors
- Patent number 10,365,351
- Issue date Jul 30, 2019
- Waymo LLC
- Benjamin Ingram
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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LIDAR optics alignment systems and methods
- Patent number 10,302,749
- Issue date May 28, 2019
- Waymo LLC
- Pierre-Yves Droz
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Vehicle with multiple light detection and ranging devices (LIDARS)
- Patent number 10,120,079
- Issue date Nov 6, 2018
- Waymo LLC
- Gaetan Pennecot
- H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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LIDAR optics alignment systems and methods
- Patent number 10,094,916
- Issue date Oct 9, 2018
- Waymo LLC
- Pierre-Yves Droz
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Long range steerable LIDAR system
- Patent number 9,880,263
- Issue date Jan 30, 2018
- Waymo LLC
- Pierre-yves Droz
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Vehicle with multiple light detection and ranging devices (LIDARs)
- Patent number 9,864,063
- Issue date Jan 9, 2018
- Waymo LLC
- Daniel Gruver
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Vehicle with multiple light detection and ranging devices (LIDARs)
- Patent number 9,778,364
- Issue date Oct 3, 2017
- Waymo LLC
- Daniel Gruver
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Vehicle with multiple light detection and ranging devices (LIDARs)
- Patent number 9,625,582
- Issue date Apr 18, 2017
- Google Inc.
- Daniel Gruver
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Methods and systems for detection of reflective markers at long range
- Patent number 9,080,866
- Issue date Jul 14, 2015
- Google Inc.
- Jonathan Baldwin Dowdall
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Dynamic control of diode bias voltage (photon-caused avalanche)
- Patent number 9,048,370
- Issue date Jun 2, 2015
- Google Inc.
- Chris Urmson
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

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Vehicle Sensor Synchronization Using an External Clock Source
- Publication number 20240361438
- Publication date Oct 31, 2024
- WAYMO LLC
- Blaise Gassend
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING OBSTRUCTIONS ON A SENSOR HOUSING
- Publication number 20240183959
- Publication date Jun 6, 2024
- WAYMO LLC
- Gil SHOTAN
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
LIDAR PULSE ELONGATION
- Publication number 20240045037
- Publication date Feb 8, 2024
- WAYMO LLC
- Luke Wachter
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Range Calibration of Light Detectors
- Publication number 20230280452
- Publication date Sep 7, 2023
- WAYMO LLC
- Luke Wachter
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
LIDAR PULSE ELONGATION
- Publication number 20230106945
- Publication date Apr 6, 2023
- WAYMO LLC
- Luke Wachter
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Variable Beam Spacing, Timing, and Power for Vehicle Sensors
- Publication number 20220244356
- Publication date Aug 4, 2022
- WAYMO LLC
- Benjamin Ingram
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
Array of Light Detectors with Corresponding Array of Optical Elements
- Publication number 20220244362
- Publication date Aug 4, 2022
- WAYMO LLC
- Ralph H. Shepard
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING OBSTRUCTIONS ON A SENSOR HOUSING
- Publication number 20220179057
- Publication date Jun 9, 2022
- Gil SHOTAN
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Methods of Using Background Images from a Light Detection and Rangi...
- Publication number 20220163675
- Publication date May 26, 2022
- WAYMO LLC
- Georges Goetz
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Systems and Methods for Real-Time LIDAR Range Calibration
- Publication number 20220155456
- Publication date May 19, 2022
- WAYMO LLC
- Stephen Osborn
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Speed Determination Using Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Device
- Publication number 20220120905
- Publication date Apr 21, 2022
- WAYMO LLC
- Luke Wachter
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Long Range Steerable LIDAR System
- Publication number 20210333361
- Publication date Oct 28, 2021
- Waymo, LLC
- Pierre-yves Droz
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
VEHICLE WITH MULTIPLE LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING DEVICES (LIDARS)
- Publication number 20210278503
- Publication date Sep 9, 2021
- WAYMO LLC
- Gaetan Pennecot
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
LIDAR Optics Alignment System
- Publication number 20210270970
- Publication date Sep 2, 2021
- WAYMO LLC
- Gil Shotan
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
LIDAR PULSE ELONGATION
- Publication number 20210132197
- Publication date May 6, 2021
- WAYMO LLC
- Luke Wachter
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Vehicle Sensor Synchronization Using an External Clock Source
- Publication number 20210072362
- Publication date Mar 11, 2021
- WAYMO LLC
- Blaise Gassend
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Range Calibration of Light Detectors
- Publication number 20200284887
- Publication date Sep 10, 2020
- WAYMO LLC
- Luke Wachter
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Variable Beam Spacing, Timing, and Power for Vehicle Sensors
- Publication number 20200225327
- Publication date Jul 16, 2020
- WAYMO LLC
- Benjamin Ingram
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Variable Beam Spacing, Timing, and Power for Vehicle Sensors
- Publication number 20200217934
- Publication date Jul 9, 2020
- WAYMO LLC
- Benjamin Ingram
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
Computation of the Angle of Incidence of Laser Beam And Its Applica...
- Publication number 20200142032
- Publication date May 7, 2020
- WAYMO LLC
- Mingcheng Chen
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Array of Light Detectors with Corresponding Array of Optical Elements
- Publication number 20200088859
- Publication date Mar 19, 2020
- WAYMO LLC
- Ralph H. Shepard
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
LIDAR Optics Alignment System
- Publication number 20190369256
- Publication date Dec 5, 2019
- WAYMO LLC
- Gil Shotan
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
LIDAR Optics Alignment Systems and Methods
- Publication number 20190235064
- Publication date Aug 1, 2019
- WAYMO LLC
- Pierre-Yves Droz
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Variable Beam Spacing, Timing, and Power for Vehicle Sensors
- Publication number 20190033430
- Publication date Jan 31, 2019
- Benjamin Ingram
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Vehicle Sensor Synchronization Using an External Clock Source
- Publication number 20190011544
- Publication date Jan 10, 2019
- WAYMO LLC
- Blaise Gassend
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
LIDAR Optics Alignment Systems and Methods
- Publication number 20180372853
- Publication date Dec 27, 2018
- WAYMO LLC
- Pierre-Yves Droz
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Variable Beam Spacing, Timing, and Power for Vehicle Sensors
- Publication number 20180356500
- Publication date Dec 13, 2018
- WAYMO LLC
- Benjamin INGRAM
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Variable Beam Spacing, Timing, and Power for Vehicle Sensors
- Publication number 20180267146
- Publication date Sep 20, 2018
- WAYMO LLC
- Benjamin Ingram
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
Long Range Steerable LIDAR System
- Publication number 20180149732
- Publication date May 31, 2018
- WAYMO LLC
- Pierre-yves Droz
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
VEHICLE WITH MULTIPLE LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING DEVICES (LIDARS)
- Publication number 20180017680
- Publication date Jan 18, 2018
- WAYMO LLC
- Gaetan Pennecot
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING

Luke Wachter

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

LIDAR pulse elongation

Long range steerable LIDAR system

Vehicle sensor synchronization using an external clock source

Methods and systems for detecting obstructions on a sensor housing

LIDAR pulse elongation

LIDAR optics alignment system

Range calibration of light detectors

Computation of the angle of incidence of laser beam and its applica...

LIDAR pulse elongation

Variable beam spacing, timing, and power for vehicle sensors

Array of light detectors with corresponding array of optical elements

Vehicle with multiple light detection and ranging devices (LIDARs)

Long range steerable LIDAR system

LIDAR optics alignment system

Vehicle with multiple light detection and ranging devices (LIDARS)

Vehicle sensor synchronization using an external clock source

Variable beam spacing, timing, and power for vehicle sensors

Variable beam spacing, timing, and power for vehicle sensors

LIDAR optics alignment systems and methods

Variable beam spacing, timing, and power for vehicle sensors

Variable beam spacing, timing, and power for vehicle sensors

LIDAR optics alignment systems and methods

Vehicle with multiple light detection and ranging devices (LIDARS)

LIDAR optics alignment systems and methods

Long range steerable LIDAR system

Vehicle with multiple light detection and ranging devices (LIDARs)

Vehicle with multiple light detection and ranging devices (LIDARs)

Vehicle with multiple light detection and ranging devices (LIDARs)

Methods and systems for detection of reflective markers at long range

Dynamic control of diode bias voltage (photon-caused avalanche)

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Vehicle Sensor Synchronization Using an External Clock Source

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING OBSTRUCTIONS ON A SENSOR HOUSING

LIDAR PULSE ELONGATION

Range Calibration of Light Detectors

LIDAR PULSE ELONGATION

Variable Beam Spacing, Timing, and Power for Vehicle Sensors

Array of Light Detectors with Corresponding Array of Optical Elements

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING OBSTRUCTIONS ON A SENSOR HOUSING

Methods of Using Background Images from a Light Detection and Rangi...

Systems and Methods for Real-Time LIDAR Range Calibration

Speed Determination Using Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Device

Long Range Steerable LIDAR System

VEHICLE WITH MULTIPLE LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING DEVICES (LIDARS)

LIDAR Optics Alignment System

LIDAR PULSE ELONGATION

Vehicle Sensor Synchronization Using an External Clock Source

Range Calibration of Light Detectors

Variable Beam Spacing, Timing, and Power for Vehicle Sensors

Variable Beam Spacing, Timing, and Power for Vehicle Sensors

Computation of the Angle of Incidence of Laser Beam And Its Applica...

Array of Light Detectors with Corresponding Array of Optical Elements

LIDAR Optics Alignment System

LIDAR Optics Alignment Systems and Methods

Variable Beam Spacing, Timing, and Power for Vehicle Sensors

Vehicle Sensor Synchronization Using an External Clock Source

LIDAR Optics Alignment Systems and Methods

Variable Beam Spacing, Timing, and Power for Vehicle Sensors

Variable Beam Spacing, Timing, and Power for Vehicle Sensors

Long Range Steerable LIDAR System

VEHICLE WITH MULTIPLE LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING DEVICES (LIDARS)