Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) lidar scanner with multiple light sources
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Application No.: US15992020Application Date: 2018-05-29
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Publication No.: US10921453B2Publication Date: 2021-02-16
- Inventor: Patrick Dumais , Eric Bernier , Mohammad Mehdi Mansouri Rad
- Applicant: Patrick Dumais , Eric Bernier , Mohammad Mehdi Mansouri Rad
- Applicant Address: CA Ottawa; CA Kanata; CA Kanata
- Assignee: Patrick Dumais,Eric Bernier,Mohammad Mehdi Mansouri Rad
- Current Assignee: Patrick Dumais,Eric Bernier,Mohammad Mehdi Mansouri Rad
- Current Assignee Address: CA Ottawa; CA Kanata; CA Kanata
- Main IPC: G01S17/88
- IPC: G01S17/88 ; G01S7/481 ; G02B26/10 ; G02F1/29

Abstract:
A LIDAR includes multiple light sources and a Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS) device for controllably redirecting beams from each of the multiple light sources. The same or a different LCOS device can be used to controllably redirect reflected light to each of several corresponding light detectors. The LCOS device can be adjusted on a slower time scale while the light sources can be sequentially activated on a faster time scale. The LCOS device provides for fine steering control of LIDAR beams. The use of multiple light sources and detectors allows for a higher LIDAR scan rate.
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