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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2018
Applicant:
Microvision, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Inventor:
Robert James Jackson, Monroe, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microvision, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 7/4863 (2020.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4863 (2013.01); G01S 7/4816 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01);
Abstract
A scanning light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system includes a scanning apparatus that scans laser light pulses sinusoidally in a vertical direction, and quasi-statically through angular extents in a horizontal direction. Multiple light sensors, each with a substantially nonoverlapping field of view, are multiplexed during the scan of the laser light pulses. Multiple scanning LIDAR systems may be combined to increase the effective horizontal angular extents.