Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lidar system with polygon mirror
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Application No.: US18101824Application Date: 2023-01-26
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Publication No.: US11933895B2Publication Date: 2024-03-19
- Inventor: Jason M. Eichenholz , Scott R. Campbell , John E. McWhirter , Matthew D. Weed , Lane A. Martin
- Applicant: Luminar Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US FL Orlando
- Assignee: Luminar Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Luminar Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Orlando
- Main IPC: G02B26/08
- IPC: G02B26/08 ; G01S7/481 ; G01S17/08 ; G01S17/42 ; G01S17/931 ; G02B5/09 ; G02B7/182 ; G02B26/10 ; G02B26/12 ; G02B27/09 ; G02B27/10 ; G02B27/30 ; H01L25/16 ; H01L27/146 ; G01S17/87 ; G02B5/08 ; G02B5/18 ; G02B5/22

Abstract:
A lidar system includes one or more light sources configured to generate a first beam of light and a second beam of light, a scanner configured to scan the first and second beams of light across a field of regard of the lidar system, and a receiver configured to detect the first beam of light and the second beam of light scattered by one or more remote targets. The scanner includes a rotatable polygon mirror that includes multiple reflective surfaces angularly offset from one another along a periphery of the polygon mirror, the reflective surfaces configured to reflect the first and second beams of light to produce a series of scan lines as the polygon mirror rotates. The scanner also includes a pivotable scan mirror configured to (i) reflect the first and second beams of light and (ii) pivot to distribute the scan lines across the field of regard.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230333247A1 LIDAR SYSTEM WITH POLYGON MIRROR Public/Granted day:2023-10-19
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