Invention Application
- Patent Title: Optical Redirector Device
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Application No.: US17565572Application Date: 2021-12-30
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Publication No.: US20220120877A1Publication Date: 2022-04-21
- Inventor: Blaise Gassend , David Duff , Pierre-Yves Droz , Paul Karplus , Jason Watson , Michael Brickner , Alex Rivas
- Applicant: Waymo LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Waymo LLC
- Current Assignee: Waymo LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Main IPC: G01S7/486
- IPC: G01S7/486 ; G01S17/08 ; G02B26/08 ; G02B26/12

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to devices, lidar systems, and vehicles that include optical redirectors. An example lidar system includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter includes at least one light-emitter device configured to transmit emission light into an environment of the lidar system. The receiver is configured to detect return light from the environment and includes a plurality of apertures, a plurality of photodetectors, and a plurality of optical redirectors. Each optical redirector is configured to optically couple a respective portion of return light from a respective aperture to at least one photodetector of the plurality of photodetectors. At least one of the optical redirectors includes an optically isolating coating.
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