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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
May. 29, 2020
Aurora Operations, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Edward Joseph Angus, Bozeman, MT (US);
Ryan Moore Galloway, Bozeman, MT (US);
AURORA OPERATIONS, INC., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A LIDAR apparatus can include a polygon deflector that includes a plurality of facets. The LIDAR apparatus can include a motor rotatably coupled to the polygon deflector. The motor is configured to rotate the polygon deflector about a first axis orthogonal to a first plane. The LIDAR apparatus can include an optic positioned within an interior of the polygon deflector. The optic collimates a first beam to be incident on a particular facet of the plurality of facet. The particular facet of the plurality of facets refracts the first beam in the first plane between a first angle and a second angle as the polygon deflector rotates about the first axis to output a second beam.