CPC G01S 7/484 (2013.01) [G01S 7/497 (2013.01); G01S 17/42 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A light detection and ranging (lidar) device of a vehicle within a fleet of vehicles, wherein the lidar device comprises:
a plurality of light emitters configured to emit light pulses into an environment of the lidar device in a plurality of different emission directions;
circuitry configured to power the plurality of light emitters;
a plurality of detectors, wherein each detector in the plurality of detectors is configured to detect reflections of light pulses emitted by a corresponding light emitter in the plurality of light emitters and received from the environment of the lidar device; and
a controller configured to:
determine one or more regions of interest in the environment of the lidar device based on data from other vehicles within the fleet;
determine a pulse energy plan based on the one or more regions of interest and a thermal budget, wherein the pulse energy plan specifies a pulse energy level for each light pulse emitted by each light emitter in the plurality of light emitters; and
control the circuitry based on the pulse energy plan.
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