Invention Application
- Patent Title: Rotating LIDAR with Co-Aligned Imager
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Application No.: US16592541Application Date: 2019-10-03
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Publication No.: US20200169701A1Publication Date: 2020-05-28
- Inventor: Pierre-Yves Droz , Simon Verghese , Brendan Hermalyn
- Applicant: Waymo LLC
- Main IPC: H04N7/18
- IPC: H04N7/18 ; G01S17/931 ; G01S17/86 ; G01S7/481 ; H04N5/232 ; G01S17/89 ; G01S17/87

Abstract:
Example implementations are provided for an arrangement of co-aligned rotating sensors. One example device includes a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) transmitter that emits light pulses toward a scene according to a pointing direction of the device. The device also includes a LIDAR receiver that detects reflections of the emitted light pulses reflecting from the scene. The device also includes an image sensor that captures an image of the scene based on at least external light originating from one or more external light sources. The device also includes a platform that supports the LIDAR transmitter, the LIDAR receiver, and the image sensor in a particular relative arrangement. The device also includes an actuator that rotates the platform about an axis to adjust the pointing direction of the device.
Public/Granted literature
- US10951864B2 Rotating LIDAR with co-aligned imager Public/Granted day:2021-03-16
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