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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2020
Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Blaise Gassend, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Duff, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Paul Karplus, Redwood City, CA (US);
Hui Son, Hayward, CA (US);
Alex Rivas, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to systems and devices having a rotatable mirror assembly. An example system includes a housing and a rotatable mirror assembly. The rotatable mirror assembly includes a plurality of reflective surfaces, a shaft defining a rotational axis, and a mirror body coupling the plurality of reflective surfaces to the shaft. The mirror body includes a plurality of flexible support members. The rotatable mirror assembly also includes a coupling bracket configured to removably couple the rotatable mirror assembly to the housing. The system also includes a transmitter configured to emit emission light into an environment of the system after interacting with at least one reflective surface of the plurality of reflective surfaces. The system additionally includes a receiver configured to detect return light from the environment after interacting with the at least one reflective surface of the plurality of reflective surfaces.