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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alexander Shpunt, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Raviv Erlich, Kibbutz Beit Nir, IL;
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/486 (2006.01); G01S 17/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 7/4865 (2013.01); G01S 7/4868 (2013.01); G01S 17/42 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01);
Abstract
Mapping apparatus includes a transmitter, which emits a beam comprising pulses of light, and a scanner, which is configured to scan the beam, within a predefined scan range, over a scene. A receiver receives the light reflected from the scene and to generate an output indicative of a time of flight of the pulses to and from points in the scene. A processor is coupled to control the scanner so as to cause the beam to scan over a selected window within the scan range and to process the output of the receiver so as to generate a 3D map of a part of the scene that is within the selected window.