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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Alexander Shpunt, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Yuval Gerson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Naftali Chayat, Kfar Saba, IL;
Noel Axelrod, Jerusalem, IL;
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A scanning device includes a scanner, which includes a base and a gimbal, mounted within the base so as to rotate relative to the base about a first axis of rotation. A transmit mirror and at least one receive mirror are mounted within the gimbal so as to rotate in mutual synchronization about respective second axes, which are parallel to one another and perpendicular to the first axis. A transmitter emits a beam including pulses of light toward the transmit mirror, which reflects the beam so that the scanner scans the beam over a scene. A receiver receives, by reflection from the at least one receive mirror, the light reflected from the scene and generates an output indicative of the time of flight of the pulses to and from points in the scene.