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Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 27, 2018
Applicant:

Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;

Inventors:

Tobias Peterseim, Boeblingen, DE;

Annemarie Holleczek, Stuttgart, DE;

Nico Heussner, Ludwigsburg, DE;

Assignee:

Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/42 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/499 (2006.01); G01S 7/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/42 (2013.01); G01S 7/4814 (2013.01); G01S 7/499 (2013.01); G01S 7/4802 (2013.01);
Abstract

A LIDAR system, including a transmitting unit that includes a polarization device, the polarization device being configured to set a polarization of a scanning beam, a receiving unit that is configured to receive the scanning beam after it has been reflected on a point in the surroundings of the LIDAR system, the receiving unit including a polarization recognition device that is configured to recognize a polarization of the reflected scanning beam, and an evaluation unit that is configured to ascertain a polarization difference, based on a difference between the polarization that is set by the transmitting unit and the polarization that is recognized by the receiving unit.


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