patent · US9285464
Devices and methods for a rotating LIDAR platform with a shared transmit/receive path
15 March 2016
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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 then 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. The lens may define a curved focal surface in a...
Provenance
- Collection
- Cited prior art
- Original PDF
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- Filed
- 2014-08-18
- Source
- Google Patents bibliographic record
- Granted
- 2016-03-15
- Inventors
- Gaetan Pennecot; Pierre-Yves Droz; Drew Eugene Ulrich; Daniel Gruver; Zachary Morriss; Anthony Levandowski; Google LLC