- Patent Title: Laser rangefinder and method of measuring distance and direction
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Application No.: US14790356Application Date: 2015-07-02
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Publication No.: US09958546B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Shingo Setono , Ryusuke Horibe , Manabu Murayama , Yuichiro Masuda , Tomohisa Hirai , Atsushi Mushimoto , Fumitoshi Matsuno
- Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. , Kyoto University
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka JP Kyoto
- Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.,KYOTO UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.,KYOTO UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka JP Kyoto
- Agency: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2014-137132 20140702
- Main IPC: G01C3/08
- IPC: G01C3/08 ; G01S17/42 ; G01S7/481 ; G01S7/497 ; G01S7/491

Abstract:
A laser rangefinder includes: a MEMS mirror that changes a traveling direction of laser light; a first photodetector that reflects a portion of the laser light directed in a predetermined direction by the MEMS mirror and receives another portion of the laser light; a second photodetector that receives first reflected light that is reflection of the laser light from a target object outside an enclosure and second reflected light that is reflection of the portion of the laser light from the first photodetector; and a signal processor that calculates a distance from the laser rangefinder to the target object by subtracting, from a first distance from the laser diode to the target object calculated using the first reflected light, a second distance from the laser diode to the first photodetector calculated using the second reflected light, and calculates a direction of the target object with respect to the laser rangefinder.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160003945A1 LASER RANGEFINDER AND METHOD OF MEASURING DISTANCE AND DIRECTION Public/Granted day:2016-01-07
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