Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical beam scanner and laser radar unit
- Patent Title (中): 光束扫描仪和激光雷达单元
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Application No.: US13622583Application Date: 2012-09-19
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Publication No.: US08773644B2Publication Date: 2014-07-08
- Inventor: Shuichi Suzuki , Mitsuru Nakajima , Kenichi Yoshimura
- Applicant: Shuichi Suzuki , Mitsuru Nakajima , Kenichi Yoshimura
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2011-208009 20110922; JP2011-209982 20110926; JP2012-147398 20120629
- Main IPC: G01C3/08
- IPC: G01C3/08

Abstract:
An optical beam scanner includes a light source, an optical scanner configured to scan a light beam irradiated from the light source, and an input optical system configured to direct the light beam irradiated from the light source to the optical scanner, wherein the optical scanner includes a rotating mirror configured to rotate around a rotational axis and reflect the light beam irradiated from the light source; the rotating mirror is rotated around the rotational axis so that the light beam is irradiated on differing positions of a mirror surface of the rotating mirror; and the mirror surface of the rotating mirror has a mirror surface inclining angle with respect to a direction parallel to the rotational axis that is arranged to gradually increase from a first side to a second side of the rotating mirror in a direction parallel to a plane perpendicular to the rotational axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130077083A1 OPTICAL BEAM SCANNER AND LASER RADAR UNIT Public/Granted day:2013-03-28
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