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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2017
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Thomas Ruchatz, Leiferde, DE;
Thorsten Bagdonat, Braunschweig, DE;
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a lidar sensor () comprising at least one transmitting unit (S-S) and at least one receiving unit (E-E), wherein the transmitting unit (S-S) is designed to pivot a light signal in a horizontal direction, wherein the light signal is tilted at an angle α relative to a ground surface (), wherein the transmitting unit (S-S) and the receiving unit (E-E) are designed as an assembly () and the lidar sensor () has an adjusting device () that is designed so that the assembly () can be tilted by at least one angle β in a vertical direction, and a method for optically scanning an environment by means of a lidar sensor ().