Efficient lidar with flexible target interrogation pattern
US7532311B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 6, 2005 |
| Grant date | May 12, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S7/4817
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system for observing a field of view including a light transmitter and a light detector. A path is defined between the transmitter and the detector. The light transmitter generates substantially coherent light onto a transmit portion of a light path and the light detector is positioned in a receive portion of the light path defined by reflected light from some of the target locations. The system includes a component for configuring at least a portion of the light path such that a subset of the plurality of potential target points are included in the light path.
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