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patent · US9086273

Microrod compression of laser beam in combination with transmit lens

21 July 2015

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This patent is cited by material in the archive, so it is indexed here by number, title and inventor. The archive holds no copy of its text.

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Abstract

A LIDAR device may transmit light pulses originating from one or more light sources and may receive reflected light pulses that are detected by one or more detectors. The LIDAR device may include a lens that both (i) collimates the light from the one or more light sources to provide collimated light for transmission into an environment of the LIDAR device and (ii) focuses the reflected light onto the one or more detectors. Each light source may include a respective laser diod...

Provenance

Collection
Cited prior art
Filed
2013-03-08
Source
Google Patents bibliographic record
Granted
2015-07-21
Inventors
Daniel Gruver; Pierre-Yves Droz; Gaetan Pennecot; Zachary Morriss; Dorel Ionut Iordache; Google LLC