Invention Application
- Patent Title: LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING SYSTEM
- Patent Title (中): 光检测和测距系统
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Application No.: US11940011Application Date: 2007-11-14
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Publication No.: US20090123158A1Publication Date: 2009-05-14
- Inventor: Mark D. Ray , James W. Swenson , Clinton T. Meneely
- Applicant: Mark D. Ray , James W. Swenson , Clinton T. Meneely
- Applicant Address: US MN Burnsville
- Assignee: ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE INC.
- Current Assignee: ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Burnsville
- Main IPC: H04B10/00
- IPC: H04B10/00

Abstract:
A light detection and ranging system includes a mirror unit rotating around a scan axis. The mirror unit includes a receiving portion and a transmitting portion offset by an angle about the scan axis relative to a surface plane of the receiving portion. Respective centroids of the receiving and transmitting portions are positioned at a common point on the scan axis while the receiving and transmitting portions rotate around the scan axis. A transmitter transmits a light pulse toward the mirror unit. The transmitting portion is positioned to reflect the light pulse toward a target. A receiver is positioned to reflect the light pulse reflected from the target toward the receiver. The angle offset compensates for a change between a cone of illumination of the transmitting portion and a field-of-view of the receiving portion resulting from the rotation of the mirror unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US07746449B2 Light detection and ranging system Public/Granted day:2010-06-29
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