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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2017
Aeye, Inc., Fairview Heights, IL (US);
Luis Carlos Dussan, Dublin, CA (US);
David R. Demmer, Toronto, CA;
John Stockton, Austin, TX (US);
Allan Steinhardt, Brentwood, CA (US);
David Cook, San Ramon, CA (US);
AEYE, INC., Fairview Heights, IL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a scanning ladar transmitter that employs an optical field splitter/inverter to improve the gaze characteristics of the ladar transmitter on desirable portions of a scan area. Also disclosed is the use of scan patterns such as Lissajous scan patterns for a scanning ladar transmitter where a phase drift is induced into the scanning to improve the gaze characteristics of the ladar transmitter on desirable portions of the scan area. Also disclosed is a compact beam scanner assembly that includes an ellipsoidal reimaging mirror.