Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system having rotatable prism disk for beam steering of lasers
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Application No.: US17004709Application Date: 2020-08-27
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Publication No.: US12000932B2Publication Date: 2024-06-04
- Inventor: Michael Bryan Borden , Daniel Thomas Sing , Adam David Kenvarg
- Applicant: UATC, LLC
- Applicant Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Assignee: UATC, LLC
- Current Assignee: UATC, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: G01S17/931
- IPC: G01S17/931 ; G01S7/481 ; G01S17/06 ; G01S17/42 ; G05D1/00

Abstract:
A LIDAR system includes a LIDAR unit. The LIDAR unit includes a housing defining a cavity. The LIDAR unit further include a plurality of emitters disposed on a circuit board within the cavity. Each of the emitters emits a laser beam along a transmit path. The LIDAR system further includes a first optic rotatable about a first axis at a first rotational speed and a second optic rotatable about a second axis at a second rotational speed that is faster than the first rotational speed. The first optic is positioned relative to the LIDAR unit such that a plurality of laser beams exiting the LIDAR unit pass through the first optic. The second optic is positioned relative to the first optic such that each of a plurality of refracted laser beams exiting the prism disk reflect off of the second optic.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220035040A1 Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) System Having Rotatable Prism Disk for Beam Steering of Lasers Public/Granted day:2022-02-03
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