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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
May. 08, 2018
Luminar Technologies, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
John P. Engberg, Jr., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Christopher A. Engberg, Phoenix, AZ (US);
John G. Hughes, Casselberry, FL (US);
Sean P. Hughes, Belle Isle, FL (US);
Luminar Technologies, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A lidar system includes a light source configured to produce a first and second beams of light, receivers to configured to detect light from the first and second beams of light and scattered by one or more remote targets, and a scanner including a first scan mirror configured to pivot along a first-mirror pivot axis to scan the first beam of light along a first direction, a second scan mirror configured to pivot along a second-mirror pivot axis to scan the second beam of light along the first direction, and a polygon with multiple reflective surfaces configured to rotate about a polygon-mirror rotation axis to scan the first and second beams of light along a second direction.