Pyramidal mirror laser scanning for lidar

An apparatus includes a detector and a light source configured to emit light. The apparatus further includes a disk with a set of prisms and that is configured to rotate, arranged to receive and direct the emitted light, and arranged to receive and direct backscattered light. The apparatus further i...

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Hauptverfasser: Jandric, Zoran, Gomez, Kevin A, Mohr, Dan, Ambekar Ramachandra Rao, Raghu
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Zusammenfassung:An apparatus includes a detector and a light source configured to emit light. The apparatus further includes a disk with a set of prisms and that is configured to rotate, arranged to receive and direct the emitted light, and arranged to receive and direct backscattered light. The apparatus further includes a reflecting apparatus with multiple reflective facets and configured to rotate, arranged to reflect the emitted light, and arranged to reflect the backscattered light. A focusing apparatus is arranged to focus the backscattered light from the disk towards the detector.