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Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 17, 2017
Applicant:

Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Yuichiro Masuda, Takatsuki, JP;

Yasuo Masaki, Osaka, JP;

Manabu Murayama, Itami, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/42 (2006.01); G01S 17/58 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/42 (2013.01); G01S 7/4802 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 17/58 (2013.01);
Abstract

A laser device includes a light source that emits light; a first reflector that reflects the light toward a predetermined range; a second reflector that reflects the light reflected from the predetermined range; a light receiver that receives the light reflected by the second reflector; a driver that swings the first and the second reflector in an angular range corresponding to the predetermined range; and a calculator that: stores first information about the light reflected by the first reflector toward the predetermined range and second information about the light received by the light receiver; and measures movement speed and movement direction of a target reflecting the light from the first reflector based on the first and the second information.


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