Invention Publication
- Patent Title: Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) System Having Rotatable Prism Disk for Beam Steering of Lasers
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Application No.: US18646163Application Date: 2024-04-25
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Publication No.: US20240280704A1Publication Date: 2024-08-22
- Inventor: Michael Bryan Borden , Daniel Thomas Sing , Adam David Kenvarg
- Applicant: Aurora Operations, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Assignee: Aurora Operations, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Aurora Operations, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- The original application number of the division: US17004709 2020.08.27
- Main IPC: G01S17/931
- IPC: G01S17/931 ; G01S7/481 ; G01S17/06 ; G01S17/42

Abstract:
A LIDAR system includes a first prism disk rotatable about a first axis at a first rotational speed; a first LIDAR unit having a first plurality of emitters to emit a first plurality of laser beams which pass through the first prism disk to produce a first plurality of refracted laser beams; a second prism disk rotatable about a second axis at a second rotational speed; a second LIDAR unit having a second plurality of emitters to emit a second plurality of laser beams which pass through the second prism disk to produce a second plurality of refracted laser beams; and an optic rotatable about a third axis at a third rotational speed that is faster than at least one of the first rotational speed or the second rotational speed. The optic reflects the first plurality of refracted laser beams and reflects the second plurality of refracted laser beams.
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