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Scanning device

US11099261B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Stephen Schmitt · San Antonio, US
Siegwart Bogatscher · Leonberg, DE
Ulrike Schloeder · Reutlingen, DE
Stefan Mark · Würzburg, DE
Thorsten Balslink · Kirchentellinsfurt, DE
Hans-Jochen Schwarz · Stuttgart, DE
Jan Sparbert · Rutesheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 9, 2016
Grant date	Aug 24, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 31, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S17/02
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A scanning device includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a rotor that is configured to be mounted in a rotatable manner about an axis of rotation. The transmitter is configured to at least occasionally emit electromagnetic radiation, and the receiver is configured to sense at least part of the electromagnetic radiation reflected and/or scattered by an object. The transmitter and the receiver are arranged on the rotor in an at least partially axially overlapping manner based on the axis of rotation.

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