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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2019
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Inventors:
Koji Takahashi, Sakai, JP;
Peter John Roberts, Oxford, GB;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/32 (2006.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G02B 5/28 (2006.01); G02B 23/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/32 (2013.01); G01S 7/4816 (2013.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01); G02B 5/28 (2013.01); G02B 5/285 (2013.01); G01S 7/4811 (2013.01); G02B 23/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
[Object] To provide a technology in flash LiDAR applicable to a wide incidence-angle range. [Solution] An optical radar device () includes a light emitting unit () that diffusively radiates a laser beam, an arrayed light receiving unit () that receives the laser beam emitted from the light emitting unit () and reflected off an object whose range is to be determined (), the arrayed light receiving unit () including light receiving elements arrayed two-dimensionally, and a telecentric lens () disposed between the object whose range is to be determined and the light receiving element.