Devices and methods for a rotating LIDAR platform with a shared transmit/receive path
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Mar 18, 2025
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A LIDAR device may transmit light pulses originating from one or more light sources and may receive reflected light pulses that are then detected by one or more detectors. The LIDAR device may include a lens that both (i) collimates the light from the one or more light sources to provide collimated light for transmission into an environment of the LIDAR device and (ii) focuses the reflected light onto the one or more detectors. The lens may define a curved focal surface in a transmit path of the light from the one or more light sources and a curved focal surface in a receive path of the one or more detectors. The one or more light sources may be arranged along the curved focal surface in the transmit path. The one or more detectors may be arranged along the curved focal surface in the receive path.
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- 15 United States
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- 8 Japan
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- 5 Korea
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Droz, Pierre-Yves | Los Altos, US | 251 | 5243 |
# of filed Patents : 251 Total Citations : 5243 | |||
Gruver, Daniel | San Francisco, US | 20 | 1632 |
# of filed Patents : 20 Total Citations : 1632 | |||
Levandowski, Anthony | Berkeley, US | 50 | 1911 |
# of filed Patents : 50 Total Citations : 1911 | |||
Morriss, Zachary | San Francisco, US | 22 | 1479 |
# of filed Patents : 22 Total Citations : 1479 | |||
Pennecot, Gaetan | San Francisco, US | 40 | 2129 |
# of filed Patents : 40 Total Citations : 2129 | |||
Ulrich, Drew Eugene | San Francisco, US | 14 | 1154 |
# of filed Patents : 14 Total Citations : 1154 |
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