patent · US9285477
3D depth point cloud from timing flight of 2D scanned light beam pulses
15 March 2016
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Abstract
A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system has an emitter which produces a sequence of outgoing pulses of coherent collimated light that transmitted in a given direction, a mirror system having a scanning mirror that is positioned to deflect the outgoing pulse sequence towards a scene, and a detector collocated with the emitter and aimed to detect a sequence of incoming pulses being reflections of the outgoing pulses that are returning from said given direction and have bee...
Provenance
- Collection
- Cited prior art
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- Filed
- 2014-01-21
- Source
- Google Patents bibliographic record
- Granted
- 2016-03-15
- Inventors
- Scott T. Smith; Matthew E. LAST; Edward A. Valko; Apple Inc