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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masahira Akasu, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356-501 ; 356-401 ;
Abstract
A distance measuring apparatus comprises projection means, light receiving means, computation means and scanning means. The projection means projects plural laser beams in different directions. The light receiving means receives the light reflected from each of objects in respective beam directions. The computation means computes the distances to the objects on the basis of the reflected light. And the scanning means sequentially changes the projecting directions of said plural laser beams.