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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2021
Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jason Watson, San Jose, CA (US);
David Duff, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Justin Andrade, San Jose, CA (US);
Blaise Gassend, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alex Bogatko, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alex Rivas, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael Brickner, Mountain View, CA (US);
Yeh-Jiun Tung, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hui Son, Hayward, CA (US);
Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An example lidar system includes a housing defining an interior space. The housing includes at least one optical window. The lidar system also includes a rotatable mirror assembly disposed within the interior space. The rotatable mirror assembly includes a transmit mirror portion and a receive mirror portion. The lidar system additionally includes a transmitter disposed within the interior space. The transmitter is configured to emit emission light into an environment of the lidar system along a transmit path. The lidar system also includes a receiver disposed within the interior space. The receiver is configured to detect return light that is received from the environment along a receive path. The lidar system additionally includes at least one optical baffle configured to minimize stray light in the interior space.