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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2019
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
Daniel Nelson Carothers, Allen, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01S 7/484 (2006.01); G01S 17/10 (2020.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/02 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/484 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 17/02 (2013.01); G01S 17/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A LIDAR system includes a static monolithic LIDAR transceiver, a collimating optic, and a first rotatable wedge prism. The static monolithic LIDAR transceiver is configured to transmit a laser beam and receive reflected laser light from a first target object. The collimating optic is configured to narrow the transmitted laser beam to produce a collimated laser beam. The first rotatable wedge prism is configured to steer the collimated laser beam in a direction of the first target object based on the first rotatable wedge prism being in a first position.