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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Garmin Switzerland Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;
Inventor:
Robert A. Lewis, Bend, OR (US);
Assignee:
Garmin Switzerland GmbH, , CH;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01); G02B 19/00 (2006.01); G01S 17/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4813 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 17/42 (2013.01); G02B 19/0028 (2013.01); G02B 19/0085 (2013.01); G02B 26/106 (2013.01); G02B 26/108 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical scanner system comprises a housing, a detector contained within the housing configured to produce at least two resolvable azimuth fields-of-view relative to a center-axis of the housing, and an external scanner rotating relative to the center-axis of the housing, and switching between at least two elevations relative to a nominal optical axis of a receiver. Motion of the housing azimuthally results in the receiver producing a continuous coverage pattern at multiple elevations produced by the external scanner.