HIGH DEFINITION LIDAR SYSTEM
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Abstract
A lidar-based 3-D point cloud measuring system and method. An example system includes a base, a housing, a plurality of photon transmitters and photon detectors contained within the housing, a rotary motor that rotates the housing about the base, and a communication component that allows transmission of signals generated by the photon detectors to external components. The rotary component includes a rotary power coupling configured to provide power from an external source to the rotary motor, the photon transmitters, and the photon detectors. In another embodiment, the photon transmitters and detectors of each pair are held in a fixed relationship with each other. In yet another embodiment, a single detector is “shared” among several lasers by focusing several detection regions onto a single detector, or by using a single, large detector.
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24 Claims
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11. A lidar-based 3-D point cloud system comprising:
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a base; a housing; a plurality of photon transmitters and photon detectors contained within the housing; a rotary component configured to rotate the housing about the base; and a communication component configured to allow transmission of signals generated by the photon detectors to external components, wherein one of the photon transmitters generates a light beam having a single directional path relative to the housing over a distance of rotation of the housing about the base. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24)
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22. A method of generating 3-D point cloud, the method comprising:
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providing a plurality of photon transmitters and photon detectors; rotating the plurality of photon transmitters and photon detectors using a rotary coupling device; transmitting light signals from the transmitters; receiving light reflections at the detectors based on the transmitted light signals; and generating a 3-D point cloud based on the received light reflections, wherein one of the photon transmitters transmits the light signal having a single directional path relative to the housing over a distance of rotation of the housing about the base.
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