Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device having multiple receivers
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Application No.: US15295619Application Date: 2016-10-17
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Publication No.: US10379540B2Publication Date: 2019-08-13
- Inventor: Pierre-Yves Droz , Caner Onal , William McCann , Bernard Fidric , Vadim Gutnik , Laila Mattos , Rahim Pardhan
- Applicant: Waymo LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Waymo LLC
- Current Assignee: Waymo LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: G01S7/491
- IPC: G01S7/491 ; G01S17/89 ; G05D1/02 ; G05D1/00 ; G01S17/02 ; G01S17/42 ; G01S17/93 ; G01S7/481 ; G01S13/93

Abstract:
Described herein is a LIDAR device that may include a transmitter, first and second receivers, and a rotating platform. The transmitter may be configured to emit light having a vertical beam width. The first receiver may be configured to detect light at a first resolution while scanning the environment with a first FOV and the second receiver may be configured to detect light at a second resolution while scanning the environment with a second FOV. In this arrangement, the first resolution may be higher than the second resolution, the first FOV may be at least partially different from the second FOV, and the vertical beam width may encompass at least a vertical extent of the first and second FOVs. Further, the rotating platform may be configured to rotate about an axis such that the transmitter and first and second receivers each move based on the rotation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180107221A1 Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Device having Multiple Receivers Public/Granted day:2018-04-19
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