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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2005
Makoto Yamashita, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroshi Kizukuri, Yashiyo, JP;
Shinichi Tsukuda, Osaka, JP;
Toshihiro Mori, Osaka, JP;
Makoto Yamashita, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroshi Kizukuri, Yashiyo, JP;
Shinichi Tsukuda, Osaka, JP;
Toshihiro Mori, Osaka, JP;
Nidec Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Hokuyo Automatic Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Scanning rangefinder of simple, compact construction. The rangefinder is furnished with: an outer cover () in which a transparent window () is formed; a cylindrical rotary unit () inside the outer cover (); a scanning/receiving window () provided in the rotary unit (); a dual scanning/receiving mirror () disposed, angled, along the rotational axis of the cylindrical rotary unit (); a motor () for rotationally driving the rotary unit (); a disk part () arranged in the cylindrical rotary unit (), anchored in an inside region thereof; a beam projector () anchored in a location where it is disposed slightly spaced apart from the rotational axis of the rotary unit (); and a light receiver () anchored to, arranged coincident with the rotational axis of, the disk part () in the inside region of the rotary unit (), and connected to a distance computation circuit ().
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