Invention Application
- Patent Title: DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE
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Application No.: US17061561Application Date: 2020-10-01
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Publication No.: US20210018625A1Publication Date: 2021-01-21
- Inventor: Kazuhisa Ide , Masaomi Inoue , Hirotaka Ueno , Kouichi KUMAMARU , Masahiro SHIIHARA , Kouichi BAIRIN , Takashi HARUGUCHI , Kiyoshi HIBINO
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Priority: JP2018-095690 20180517
- Main IPC: G01S17/10
- IPC: G01S17/10 ; G01S7/481

Abstract:
A distance measurement device includes: a mirror disposed so as to be tilted relative to a rotation center axis; a drive unit configured to rotate the mirror about the rotation center axis; a photodetector configured to detect reflected light, of laser light, reflected in a distance measurement region; and a condensing lens disposed on the rotation center axis and configured to condense the reflected light reflected by the mirror, on the photodetector. The mirror has a shape elongated in one direction and is disposed such that a short axis thereof is tilted relative to the rotation center axis in a direction parallel to a plane including the rotation center axis. A width in a short-axis direction of the mirror is smaller than a width of a lens portion of the condensing lens as viewed in a direction parallel to the rotation center axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US11933897B2 Distance measurement device Public/Granted day:2024-03-19
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