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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2021
Velodyne Lidar Usa, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Mathew Noel Rekow, Ben Lomond, CA (US);
Stephen S. Nestinger, Fremont, CA (US);
Nathan Wilkerson, San Jose, CA (US);
Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device including a plurality of illumination sources, each of the plurality of illumination sources configured to emit illumination light, an optical scanning device disposed in an optical path of the plurality of illumination sources, the optical scanning device configured to oscillate about a first axis to redirect the illumination light emitted by the plurality of illumination sources from the LIDAR device into a three-dimensional (3-D) environment, a plurality of photosensitive detectors, each of the plurality of photosensitive detectors configured to detect a respective portion of return light reflected from the 3-D environment when illuminated by a respective portion of the illumination light, and a scanning mechanism configured to rotate the optical scanning device about a second axis orthogonal to the first axis.
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