Lidar Resistant to Interference and Hacking
Lidar uses light to sense the range to an object. It can be used as a sensor, e.g., for autonomous vehicle navigation, or to generate detailed maps of terrain. A lidar can also sense target speed, optical reflectivity, and spectroscopic signature. As lidars become more widespread, one lidar could interfere with another nearby lidar. Incoherent (time of flight (TOF)) lidars can also be spoofed or hacked. And both coherent and incoherent lidars can be jammed. Modulating the lidar source makes the lidar more resistant to interference, jamming and hacking. In a TOF lidar, each transmitted pulse is modulated in a prearranged or predetermined fashion. A processor in the receiver distinguishes true returns from actual returns based on the modulation or encoding of the transmitted pulses. If the modulation is present, the return signal considered genuine. If the modulation is not present, it is deemed fake.
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lidar resistant to interference and hacking
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