Laser radar

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12360216-B2
Application number	US-202117346485-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 14, 2021
Priority date	Dec 12, 2018
Publication date	Jul 15, 2025
Grant date	Jul 15, 2025

Abstract

A laser radar includes a light source, a scanning mirror, a detector, and a reflector group. The scanning mirror includes an emitting reflective surface and a receiving reflective surface. The reflector group includes a first reflector and a second reflector. An included angle between the first reflector and the second reflector is a first included angle, an included angle between an incident laser beam of the emitting reflective surface and an emergent laser beam of the receiving reflective surface is a second included angle, and the second included angle is twice the first included angle. The emitting reflective surface is configured to reflect the laser beam emitted by the light source. The receiving reflective surface is configured to reflect, to the detector, the laser beam reflected back by an object. The reflect group is configured to change a propagation direction of the laser beam.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A laser radar, comprising:
a detector;
a light source configured to emit an incident laser beam;
a scanning mirror comprising:
an emitting reflective surface configured to reflect the incident laser beam towards an object in order to scan the object; and
a receiving reflective surface configured to reflect an emergent laser beam towards the detector, wherein the emergent laser beam is based on reflection of the incident laser beam on the object; and

a reflector group comprising:
a first reflector; and
a second reflector,
wherein the first reflector and the second reflector are perpendicular to a same plane,
wherein the first reflector and the second reflector are configured to change a propagation direction of the incident laser beam after reflection of the incident laser beam on the object, and
wherein a second included angle between the incident laser beam and the emergent laser beam is twice a first included angle between the first reflector and the second reflector.

2. The laser radar according to claim 1 , wherein the first reflector is configured to reflect, to the second reflector, the incident laser beam as a first reflected beam after reflection of the incident laser beam on the object, and wherein the second reflector is configured to reflect, to the receiving reflective surface, the first reflected laser beam as a second reflected laser beam.

3. The laser radar according to claim 2 , wherein the reflector group further comprises a fifth reflector, wherein the fifth reflector is perpendicular to the first reflector and the second reflector, and wherein the fifth reflector is configured to reflect the incident laser beam to emit a third reflected laser beam.

4. The laser radar according to claim 2 , wherein the reflector group further comprises a third reflector and a fourth reflector, wherein an included angle between the third reflector and the fourth reflector is equal to the first included angle, wherein the first reflector, the second reflector, the third reflector, and the fourth reflector are perpendicular to the same plane, wherein the third reflector is configured to reflect, to the fourth reflector, the incident laser beam as a third reflected laser beam, and wherein the fourth reflector is configured to reflect, to the receiving reflective surface, the third reflected laser beam reflected.

5. The laser radar according to claim 1 , wherein the first reflector is configured to reflect, to the second reflector, the incident laser beam as a first reflected laser beam, and wherein the second reflector is configured to reflect the first reflected laser beam to emit a second reflected laser beam.

6. The laser radar according to claim 5 , wherein the reflector group further comprises a fifth reflector, wherein the fifth reflector is perpendicular to the first reflector and the second reflector, and wherein the fifth reflector is configured to reflect, to the receiving reflective surface, the incident laser beam as a third reflected laser beam.

7. The laser radar according to claim 1 , wherein the first reflector is configured to reflect the incident laser beam reflected to emit a first reflected laser beam, and wherein the second reflector is configured to reflect, to the receiving reflective surface, a second laser beam reflected back by the object.

8. The laser radar according to claim 7 , wherein the reflector group further comprises a fifth reflector, wherein the fifth reflector is perpendicular to the first reflector and the second reflector, wherein the fifth reflector is configured to reflect, to the second reflector, the incident laser beam as a third reflected laser beam, and wherein the second reflector is configured to reflect, to the receiving reflective surface, the third reflected laser beam.

9. The laser radar according to claim 1 , wherein the first included angle between the first reflector and the second reflector is 90°.

10. The laser radar according to claim 1 , wherein the reflector group further comprises a sixth reflector, a seventh reflector, and an eighth reflector, wherein an included angle between the sixth reflector and the seventh reflector is equal to the first included angle, wherein the first reflector and the second reflector are perpendicular to a first plane, wherein the sixth reflector and the seventh reflector are perpendicular to a second plane, wherein the second plane is perpendicular to the first plane, and wherein the eighth reflector is perpendicular to the first plane and the second plane.

11. The laser radar according to claim 10 , wherein the eighth reflector is configured to reflect, to the sixth reflector, the incident laser beam as a first reflected laser beam, wherein the sixth reflector is configured to reflect, to the seventh reflector, the first reflected laser beam as a second reflected laser beam, wherein the seventh reflector is configured to reflect, to the first reflector, the second reflected laser beam as a third reflected laser beam, wherein the first reflector is configured to reflect, to the second reflector, the third reflected laser beam as a fourth reflected laser beam, and wherein the second reflector is configured to reflect, to the receiving reflective surface, the fourth reflected laser beam.

12. The laser radar according to claim 10 , wherein the sixth reflector is configured to reflect, to the seventh reflector, the incident reflected laser beam as a first reflected laser beam, wherein the seventh reflector is configured to reflect the first laser beam to emit the reflected laser beam, wherein the eighth reflector is configured to reflect, to the first reflector, the incident laser beam as a second reflected laser beam, wherein the first reflector is configured to reflect, to the second reflector, the second reflected laser beam as a third reflected laser beam, and wherein the second reflector is configured to reflect, to the receiving reflective surface, the third reflected laser beam.

13. The laser radar according to claim 10 , wherein the sixth reflector is configured to reflect, to the seventh reflector, the incident laser beam as a first reflected laser beam, wherein the seventh reflector is configured to reflect, to the eighth reflector, the first reflected laser beam as a second reflected laser beam, wherein the eighth reflector is configured to reflect the second reflected laser beam to emit the second reflected laser beam, wherein the first reflector is configured to reflect, to the second reflector, the incident laser beam as a third reflected laser beam, and wherein the second reflector is configured to reflect, to the receiving reflective surface, the third reflected laser beam.

14. The laser radar according to claim 1 , further comprising a first lens and a second lens, wherein the first lens is disposed on an emission path of the light source and is configured to collimate or focus the incident laser beam received from the light source, and wherein the second lens is disposed on a receiving path of the detector and is configured to focus and send the incident laser beam to the detector.

15. A laser radar, comprising:
a light source configured to emit a first incident laser beam;
a scanning mirror comprising:
an emitting reflective surface configured to reflect the first incident laser beam as a first reflected laser beam for scanning an object; and
a receiving reflective surface configured to reflect a laser beam reflected back by the object, wherein a third included angle is between the emitting reflective surface and the receiving reflective surface;

a detector configured to receive the laser

Assignees

• Shenzhen Yinwang Intelligent Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ou Yangkui
• Zeng Li
• Han Guoqing
• Jiang Chendi

Classifications

• G02B26/105 Primary

  with one or more pivoting mirrors or galvano-mirrors (G02B26/101 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01S17/88

  Lidar systems specially adapted for specific applications · CPC title

• G01S17/06

  Systems determining position data of a target · CPC title

• G01S7/4817 Primary

  relating to scanning · CPC title

• G01S17/02

  Systems using the reflection of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves (G01S17/66 takes precedence) · CPC title