Ralph Hamilton Shepard

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Menlo Park, CA, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Lens retainer ring with compliant element
- Patent number 12,210,207
- Issue date Jan 28, 2025
- Waymo LLC
- Matthew Last
- G02 - OPTICS
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Waveguide diffusers for LIDARs
- Patent number 12,164,026
- Issue date Dec 10, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- Pierre-Yves Droz
- G02 - OPTICS
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Enhanced depth of focus cameras using variable apertures and pixel...
- Patent number 12,143,734
- Issue date Nov 12, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- Shashank Sharma
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Self-driving sensor system
- Patent number 12,135,391
- Issue date Nov 5, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- Yi-Hui Bruce-Wen
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Window occlusion imager near focal plane
- Patent number 12,038,540
- Issue date Jul 16, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- Ralph Shepard
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Calibration system for light detection and ranging (lidar) devices
- Patent number 12,032,101
- Issue date Jul 9, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- Ralph H. Shepard
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Sensor housing
- Patent number D1022746
- Issue date Apr 16, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- David Gordon Duff
- D10 - Measuring, testing, or signalling instruments
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Sensor region of interest selection based on multisensor data
- Patent number 11,933,647
- Issue date Mar 19, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- Nirav Dharia
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Visual communication system
- Patent number 11,922,829
- Issue date Mar 5, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- Ralph Hamilton Shepard
- G09 - EDUCATION CRYPTOGRAPHY DISPLAY ADVERTISING SEALS
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Spatial light modulator retroreflector mitigation
- Patent number 11,892,572
- Issue date Feb 6, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- James Dunphy
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Waveguide diffusers for LIDARs
- Patent number 11,867,808
- Issue date Jan 9, 2024
- Waymo LLC
- Pierre-Yves Droz
- G02 - OPTICS
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LIDAR with co-aligned transmit and receive paths
- Patent number 11,802,942
- Issue date Oct 31, 2023
- Waymo LLC
- Pierre-Yves Droz
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Beam homogenization for occlusion resistance
- Patent number 11,789,123
- Issue date Oct 17, 2023
- Waymo LLC
- Blaise Gassend
- G02 - OPTICS
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Capacitance-based foreign object debris sensor
- Patent number 11,752,976
- Issue date Sep 12, 2023
- Waymo LLC
- Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Calibration system for light detection and ranging (lidar) devices
- Patent number 11,747,453
- Issue date Sep 5, 2023
- Waymo LLC
- Ralph H. Shepard
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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LIDAR receiver using a waveguide and an aperture
- Patent number 11,686,823
- Issue date Jun 27, 2023
- Waymo LLC
- Pierre-Yves Droz
- G02 - OPTICS
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Window occlusion imager near focal plane
- Patent number 11,681,031
- Issue date Jun 20, 2023
- Waymo LLC
- Ralph Shepard
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Enhanced depth of focus cameras using variable apertures and pixel...
- Patent number 11,606,517
- Issue date Mar 14, 2023
- Waymo LLC
- Shashank Sharma
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Parallax compensating spatial filters
- Patent number 11,561,284
- Issue date Jan 24, 2023
- Waymo LLC
- Ralph Hamilton Shepard
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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LIDAR systems with multi-faceted mirrors
- Patent number 11,536,845
- Issue date Dec 27, 2022
- Waymo LLC
- Blaise Gassend
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Beam homogenization for occlusion resistance
- Patent number 11,525,892
- Issue date Dec 13, 2022
- Waymo LLC
- Blaise Gassend
- G02 - OPTICS
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Waveguide diffusers for LIDARs
- Patent number 11,520,044
- Issue date Dec 6, 2022
- Waymo LLC
- Pierre-Yves Droz
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Sensor region of interest selection based on multisensor data
- Patent number 11,428,550
- Issue date Aug 30, 2022
- Waymo LLC
- Nirav Dharia
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Lens retainer ring with compliant element
- Patent number 11,402,602
- Issue date Aug 2, 2022
- Waymo LLC
- Matthew Last
- G02 - OPTICS
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Method and system for calibrating a plurality of detection systems...
- Patent number 11,392,124
- Issue date Jul 19, 2022
- Waymo LLC
- Colin Braley
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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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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Visual communication system
- Patent number 11,222,556
- Issue date Jan 11, 2022
- Waymo LLC
- Ralph Hamilton Shepard
- G09 - EDUCATION CRYPTOGRAPHY DISPLAY ADVERTISING SEALS
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Thermal imaging for self-driving cars
- Patent number 11,178,348
- Issue date Nov 16, 2021
- Waymo LLC
- Alexander McCauley
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Window occlusion imager near focal plane
- Patent number 11,137,485
- Issue date Oct 5, 2021
- Waymo LLC
- Ralph Shepard
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Capacitance-based foreign object debris sensor
- Patent number 11,059,457
- Issue date Jul 13, 2021
- Waymo LLC
- Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

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VISUAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
- Publication number 20240249651
- Publication date Jul 25, 2024
- WAYMO LLC
- Ralph Hamilton Shepard
- G09 - EDUCATION CRYPTOGRAPHY DISPLAY ADVERTISING SEALS
Information Patent Application
Sensor Region of Interest Selection Based on Multisensor Data
- Publication number 20240175728
- Publication date May 30, 2024
- WAYMO LLC
- Nirav Dharia
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Spatial Light Modulator Retroreflector Mitigation
- Publication number 20240159885
- Publication date May 16, 2024
- WAYMO LLC
- James Dunphy
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
LIDAR SYSTEMS WITH PLANAR MULTI-PIXEL SENSING ARRAYS
- Publication number 20240094360
- Publication date Mar 21, 2024
- WAYMO LLC
- Alexander Yukio Piggott
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Temporally Modulated Light Emission for Defect Detection in Light D...
- Publication number 20240085343
- Publication date Mar 14, 2024
- WAYMO LLC
- Ralph H. Shepard
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
LIDAR Systems with Multi-faceted Mirrors
- Publication number 20240085564
- Publication date Mar 14, 2024
- WAYMO LLC
- Blaise Gassend
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Waveguide Diffusers for LIDARs
- Publication number 20240036196
- Publication date Feb 1, 2024
- WAYMO LLC
- Pierre-Yves Droz
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
LIDAR with Co-Aligned Transmit and Receive Paths
- Publication number 20230417880
- Publication date Dec 28, 2023
- WAYMO LLC
- Pierre-Yves Droz
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Spinning Lidar With One or More Secondary Mirrors
- Publication number 20230408651
- Publication date Dec 21, 2023
- WAYMO LLC
- Ralph Hamilton Shepard
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
LIDAR Receiver Using a Waveguide and an Aperture
- Publication number 20230280450
- Publication date Sep 7, 2023
- WAYMO LLC
- Pierre-Yves Droz
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Window Occlusion Imager Near Focal Plane
- Publication number 20230273305
- Publication date Aug 31, 2023
- WAYMO LLC
- Ralph Shepard
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
LIDAR Systems with Multi-faceted Mirrors
- Publication number 20230103212
- Publication date Mar 30, 2023
- WAYMO LLC
- Blaise Gassend
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Beam Homogenization for Occlusion Resistance
- Publication number 20230076303
- Publication date Mar 9, 2023
- WAYMO LLC
- Blaise Gassend
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Waveguide Diffusers for LIDARs
- Publication number 20230055071
- Publication date Feb 23, 2023
- WAYMO LLC
- Pierre-Yves Droz
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Sensor Region of Interest Selection Based on Multisensor Data
- Publication number 20220357186
- Publication date Nov 10, 2022
- WAYMO LLC
- Nirav Dharia
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
Lens Retainer Ring with Compliant Element
- Publication number 20220308305
- Publication date Sep 29, 2022
- WAYMO LLC
- Matthew Last
- G02 - OPTICS
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
Module Design for Enhanced Radiometric Calibration of Thermal Camera
- Publication number 20220187687
- Publication date Jun 16, 2022
- WAYMO LLC
- Shashank Sharma
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
LIDAR Transmitter and Receiver Optics
- Publication number 20220155457
- Publication date May 19, 2022
- WAYMO LLC
- Blaise Gassend
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
VISUAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
- Publication number 20220130291
- Publication date Apr 28, 2022
- WAYMO LLC
- Ralph Hamilton Shepard
- G09 - EDUCATION CRYPTOGRAPHY DISPLAY ADVERTISING SEALS
Information Patent Application
Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) Device having a Light-Guide Man...
- Publication number 20220082660
- Publication date Mar 17, 2022
- WAYMO LLC
- Pierre-Yves Droz
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Thermal Imaging for Self-Driving Cars
- Publication number 20220046190
- Publication date Feb 10, 2022
- WAYMO LLC
- Alexander McCauley
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Window Occlusion Imager Near Focal Plane
- Publication number 20210382154
- Publication date Dec 9, 2021
- WAYMO LLC
- Ralph Shepard
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Self-Driving Sensor System
- Publication number 20210293932
- Publication date Sep 23, 2021
- WAYMO LLC
- Yi-Hui Bruce-Wen
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Sensor Region of Interest Selection Based on Multisensor Data
- Publication number 20210278257
- Publication date Sep 9, 2021
- WAYMO LLC
- Nirav Dharia
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
LIDAR with Co-Aligned Transmit and Receive Paths
- Publication number 20210149027
- Publication date May 20, 2021
- WAYMO LLC
- Pierre-Yves Droz
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Thermal Imaging for Self-Driving Cars
- Publication number 20210152754
- Publication date May 20, 2021
- Waymo LLC
- Alexander McCauley
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
LIDAR with Field of View Extending Window
- Publication number 20210124018
- Publication date Apr 29, 2021
- WAYMO LLC
- Blaise Gassend
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Lens Retainer Ring with Compliant Element
- Publication number 20210096319
- Publication date Apr 1, 2021
- WAYMO LLC
- Matthew Last
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
Window Occlusion Imager Near Focal Plane
- Publication number 20210041542
- Publication date Feb 11, 2021
- WAYMO LLC
- Ralph Shepard
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING

Ralph Hamilton Shepard

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Lens retainer ring with compliant element

Waveguide diffusers for LIDARs

Enhanced depth of focus cameras using variable apertures and pixel...

Self-driving sensor system

Window occlusion imager near focal plane

Calibration system for light detection and ranging (lidar) devices

Sensor housing

Sensor region of interest selection based on multisensor data

Visual communication system

Spatial light modulator retroreflector mitigation

Waveguide diffusers for LIDARs

LIDAR with co-aligned transmit and receive paths

Beam homogenization for occlusion resistance

Capacitance-based foreign object debris sensor

Calibration system for light detection and ranging (lidar) devices

LIDAR receiver using a waveguide and an aperture

Window occlusion imager near focal plane

Enhanced depth of focus cameras using variable apertures and pixel...

Parallax compensating spatial filters

LIDAR systems with multi-faceted mirrors

Beam homogenization for occlusion resistance

Waveguide diffusers for LIDARs

Sensor region of interest selection based on multisensor data

Lens retainer ring with compliant element

Method and system for calibrating a plurality of detection systems...

Array of light detectors with corresponding array of optical elements

Visual communication system

Thermal imaging for self-driving cars

Window occlusion imager near focal plane

Capacitance-based foreign object debris sensor

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

VISUAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Sensor Region of Interest Selection Based on Multisensor Data

Spatial Light Modulator Retroreflector Mitigation

LIDAR SYSTEMS WITH PLANAR MULTI-PIXEL SENSING ARRAYS

Temporally Modulated Light Emission for Defect Detection in Light D...

LIDAR Systems with Multi-faceted Mirrors

Waveguide Diffusers for LIDARs

LIDAR with Co-Aligned Transmit and Receive Paths

Spinning Lidar With One or More Secondary Mirrors

LIDAR Receiver Using a Waveguide and an Aperture

Window Occlusion Imager Near Focal Plane

LIDAR Systems with Multi-faceted Mirrors

Beam Homogenization for Occlusion Resistance

Waveguide Diffusers for LIDARs

Sensor Region of Interest Selection Based on Multisensor Data

Lens Retainer Ring with Compliant Element

Array of Light Detectors with Corresponding Array of Optical Elements

Module Design for Enhanced Radiometric Calibration of Thermal Camera

LIDAR Transmitter and Receiver Optics

VISUAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) Device having a Light-Guide Man...

Thermal Imaging for Self-Driving Cars

Window Occlusion Imager Near Focal Plane

Self-Driving Sensor System

Sensor Region of Interest Selection Based on Multisensor Data

LIDAR with Co-Aligned Transmit and Receive Paths

Thermal Imaging for Self-Driving Cars

LIDAR with Field of View Extending Window

Lens Retainer Ring with Compliant Element

Window Occlusion Imager Near Focal Plane