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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2011
Applicant:
Jean-luc Kaiser, Erpeldange, LU;
Inventor:
Jean-Luc Kaiser, Erpeldange, LU;
Assignee:
IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A., Echternach, LU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/88 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G01S 7/4811 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 17/88 (2013.01); G02B 26/106 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lidar imager for acquiring a range image of a scene comprises a light source for emitting a light beam, a scanning device for scanning the light beam across the scene and a light sensor for receiving light reflected from the scene. The scanning device comprises a spatial light modulator (SLM) configured to display holograms that deflect the light beam into different directions within the scene to be imaged.