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Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2017
Applicant:

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yuichi Nishino, Tokyo, JP;

Masaharu Imaki, Tokyo, JP;

Shumpei Kameyama, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01S 17/34 (2020.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/4911 (2020.01); G01S 7/4915 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/34 (2020.01); G01S 7/481 (2013.01); G01S 7/4911 (2013.01); G01S 7/4915 (2013.01);
Abstract

The laser radar device includes: a modulated light generator configured to generate modulated laser light using frequency modulation based on a control parameter; an optical combiner configured to combine the received light and the local light to generate interference light; a photodetector configured to detect the interference light and output an electrical signal; a frequency-to-voltage converter configured to convert the electrical signal into a voltage signal; a characteristic calculator configured to measure a characteristic value of the voltage signal; an evaluator configured to evaluate, on a basis of the characteristic value, whether a center frequency of a spectrum of a return signal component is within a range of a demodulation band of a demodulation circuit; and a parameter setting unit configured to change the control parameter when it is evaluated that the center frequency is not within the range of the demodulation band.


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