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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 27, 2020
Applicant:

Beijing Voyager Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, CN;

Inventors:

Yue Lu, Mountain View, CA (US);

Youmin Wang, Berkeley, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G02B 5/04 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G02B 5/04 (2013.01); G02B 26/085 (2013.01); G02B 26/0875 (2013.01); G02B 26/0891 (2013.01); G02B 26/10 (2013.01); G02B 26/108 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosure provide a transmitter containing a Risley prism-based scanning mechanism, an optical sensing system containing the same, and an optical sensing method using the same. For example, the optical sensing system includes a laser emitter configured to sequentially emit a series of optical signals. The optical sensing system further includes a plurality of prisms configured to receive the series of optical signals and sequentially direct the series of optical signals at different directions in an angle of view of the optical sensing system. At least one prism of the plurality of prisms is configured to rotate relative to at least one other prism of the plurality of prisms to refract the optical signals towards the respective different directions. The optical sensing system additionally includes a receiver configured to receive at least a portion of the series of optical signals reflected from an environment surrounding the optical sensing system.


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