公开(公告)号：US12130384B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-29

申请号：US17217929

申请日：2021-03-30

申请人： Raytheon Company

发明人： Andrew W. Dutton ,  Gerald P. Uyeno ,  Sean D. Keller ,  Eric Rogala

IPC分类号： G01C3/08 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G02B26/08

CPC分类号： G01S7/4817 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G02B26/0833

摘要： A multiple FOV optical sensor includes a primary mirror having first and second rings of differing curvature to collect light from an object within different FOV. A secondary mirror includes a MEMS MMA in which the mirrors tip and tilt in 2 DOF or add piston in 3 DOF to (I) reflect light from the first ring within the first FOV that is focused at an imaging plane coincident with an imaging detector to form a focused image of the object at the imaging detector or (II) reflect light from the second ring within the second FOV onto the imaging detector (either focused to form a focused image or defocused to form a blurred spot). The MEMS MMA may be configured to alternate between (I) and (II) or to perform both (I) and (II) at the same time with the different FOV either overlapped or spatially separated on the detector. The sensor may be configured as an all-passive sensor, a dual-mode sensor or a hybrid of the two.

公开(公告)号：US12130154B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-29

申请号：US16591597

申请日：2019-10-02

申请人： TOP MEASURE INSTRUMENT COMPANY

发明人： Yin-Wu Lai

IPC分类号： G01C3/08 ,  G01C1/00 ,  G01S7/48 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S7/484 ,  G01S7/4865 ,  G01S17/08 ,  G01S17/86 ,  G01S17/88 ,  G01S17/931

CPC分类号： G01C3/08 ,  G01C1/00 ,  G01S7/4804 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S7/4817 ,  G01S7/484 ,  G01S7/4865 ,  G01S17/08 ,  G01S17/86 ,  G01S17/88 ,  G01S17/931

摘要： An automatic electronic rangefinder has a central processing unit determining whether the rangefinder is perpendicular or parallel to a horizontal plane; a ranging module electrically connected to the central processing unit to detect the distance to a first target object to be measured; an inertial sensing unit electrically connected to the central processing unit to measure the angle between the lengthwise edge of the rangefinder and the horizontal plane; and a shell covering the central processing unit. When the central processing unit determines that the rangefinder is parallel or perpendicular to the horizontal plane, the central processing unit controls the ranging module to measure the distance between the rangefinder and the first target object.

公开(公告)号：US12123983B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-22

申请号：US16393388

申请日：2019-04-24

申请人： THE BOEING COMPANY

发明人： Nick S. Evans ,  Eric R. Muir ,  Kevin S. Callahan

IPC分类号： G01C3/08 ,  B60Q1/26 ,  F16M11/12 ,  G01S7/497 ,  G03F1/38

CPC分类号： G01S7/4972 ,  B60Q1/2642 ,  F16M11/123 ,  B60R2300/301 ,  G03F1/38

摘要： Systems and methods of aligning removable sensors mounted on a vehicle based upon sensor output of such sensors are described. Sensor output is collected from a removable sensor (e.g., a digital camera), and a representation of such sensor output is generated (e.g., a digital image). The representation of the sensor output is compared against a spatial template (e.g., a digital mask overlaid on the representation) to determine whether external references in the representation align with corresponding reference indicators in the spatial template. When alignment is required, the removable sensor is aligned by one or both of the following until the external references in a representation of sensor data at an updated current location align with the corresponding reference indicators in the spatial template: (i) adjusting the position of the removable sensor on the vehicle or (ii) adjusting the representation of the sensor output to simulate such repositioning.

公开(公告)号：US20240337749A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-10

申请号：US18132533

申请日：2023-04-10

申请人： BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.

发明人： Stephen P. DelMarco

IPC分类号： G01S17/89 ,  G01C3/08 ,  G01C21/16 ,  G06T7/70

CPC分类号： G01S17/89 ,  G01C3/08 ,  G01C21/1656 ,  G06T7/70

摘要： A low SWAP-C apparatus and method enable determining precise location and orientation in a GPS-denied environment. A camera image of a scene is registered to a synthetic image predicted according to an initial estimate of location and orientation and a 3D model of the environment to obtain an accurate cross-plane location estimate perpendicular to the camera pointing direction, and an approximate downrange location in the pointing direction. A range sensor is then used to correct and refine the downrange estimate. The steps can be iterated until a required accuracy is attained. The camera can be an electro-optical or infrared imaging system. The range sensor can be a laser range finder or a LIDAR. The initial location estimate can be based on inertial measurements and/or earlier GPS readings. The registration can include applying a photogrammetric bundle-adjustment process. The disclosure is applicable to navigation, weapons pointing, and situational awareness.

公开(公告)号：US20240323528A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US18734560

申请日：2024-06-05

申请人： FUJIFILM CORPORATION

发明人： Tomonori MASUDA ,  Hiroshi TAMAYAMA

IPC分类号： H04N23/67 ,  G01C3/06 ,  G01C3/08 ,  G01S17/10 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G03B13/36 ,  G03B17/20 ,  H04N23/56 ,  H04N23/63 ,  H04N23/68 ,  H04N23/71 ,  H04N23/73

CPC分类号： H04N23/673 ,  G01C3/06 ,  G01C3/08 ,  G01S17/10 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G03B13/36 ,  H04N23/56 ,  H04N23/635 ,  H04N23/6812 ,  H04N23/683 ,  H04N23/71 ,  H04N23/73 ,  G03B17/20 ,  G03B2205/0023

摘要： A distance measurement device includes an imaging optical system, an imaging unit, an emission unit, a derivation unit which performs a distance measurement to derive a distance to a subject based on a timing at which directional light is emitted by the emission unit and a timing at which reflected light is received by a light receiving unit, a shake correction unit which performs shake correction as correction of shake of the subject image caused by variation of an optical axis of the imaging optical system, and a control unit which performs control such that the shake correction unit does not perform shake correction or performs shake correction with a correction amount smaller than a normal correction amount determined in advance in a case of performing the distance measurement and performs shake correction with the normal correction amount in a case of not performing the distance measurement.

公开(公告)号：US12092766B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-17

申请号：US17962728

申请日：2022-10-10

申请人： GM Cruise Holdings LLC

发明人： Jacob Levy ,  Ayan Chakrabarty ,  Vala Fathipour ,  Karim El Amili

IPC分类号： G01C3/08 ,  G01S7/484 ,  G01S17/34 ,  H01S5/062

CPC分类号： G01S7/484 ,  G01S17/34 ,  H01S5/06206

摘要： Various technologies described herein pertain to injection locking on-chip laser(s) and external on-chip resonator(s). A system includes a first integrated circuit chip and a second integrated circuit chip. The first integrated circuit chip and the second integrated circuit chip are separate integrated circuit chips and can be optically coupled to each other. The first integrated circuit chip includes a laser configured to emit light via a first path and a second path. The second integrated circuit chip includes a resonator formed of an electrooptic material. The resonator can receive the light emitted by the laser of the first integrated circuit chip via the first path and return feedback light to the laser of the first integrated circuit chip via the first path. The feedback light can cause injection locking of the laser to the resonator to control the light emitted by the laser (e.g., via the first and second paths).

公开(公告)号：US12085671B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-10

申请号：US17160590

申请日：2021-01-28

申请人： NIKON VISION CO., LTD. ,  NIKON CORPORATION

发明人： Takehito Nonomura ,  Takeshi Inoue

IPC分类号： G01C3/08 ,  G01S7/48 ,  G01S17/10

CPC分类号： G01S7/4808 ,  G01S17/10

摘要： A distance detector 10 includes a light projecting unit 100 which projects light toward a target body, a light receiving unit 200 which receives a reflected light from the target body, a time detection unit 310 which detects a light receiving time from the projecting of measuring light by the light projecting unit 100 to the receiving of the reflected light by the light receiving unit 200, a calculation unit 320 which calculates the distance to the target body based on a detection result of the light receiving time by the time detection unit 310, and an evaluation unit 340 which evaluates the reliability of a calculation result of the distance to the target body by the calculation unit 320 based on a deviation of the distance corresponding to the calculation result from a reference value regarding the distance to the target body.

公开(公告)号：US12085647B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-10

申请号：US17131594

申请日：2020-12-22

申请人： Waymo LLC

发明人： Paul Karplus ,  Blaise Gassend ,  Nicholas Armstrong-Crews ,  Scott McCloskey

IPC分类号： G01C3/08 ,  G01S7/484 ,  G01S7/486 ,  G01S17/18 ,  G01S7/481

CPC分类号： G01S17/18 ,  G01S7/484 ,  G01S7/486 ,  G01S7/4817

摘要： The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for occlusion detection. One example method involves a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device scanning at least a portion of an external structure within a field-of-view (FOV) of the LIDAR device. The LIDAR device is physically coupled to the external structure. The scanning comprises transmitting light pulses toward the external structure through an optical window, and receiving reflected light pulses through the optical window. The reflected light pulses comprise reflections of the transmitted light pulses returning back to the LIDAR device from the external structure. The method also involves detecting presence of an occlusion that at least partially occludes the LIDAR device from scanning the FOV based on at least the scan of the at least portion of the external structure.

公开(公告)号：US20240295646A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-05

申请号：US18582971

申请日：2024-02-21

申请人： CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

发明人： YUICHI SUEYOSHI

IPC分类号： G01S11/12 ,  G01C3/08 ,  G06T7/00

CPC分类号： G01S11/12 ,  G01C3/085 ,  G06T7/97 ,  G06T2207/10021

摘要： A distance measuring device includes a first imaging element having a first pixel having a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions, a second imaging element having a second pixel and having a first parallax in a first direction between the second imaging element and the first imaging element, and distance measuring means for generating integrated distance measuring information based on signals output from the first imaging element and the second imaging element, and the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions have a second parallax in a second direction intersecting the first direction.

公开(公告)号：US12072450B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-27

申请号：US16658400

申请日：2019-10-21

申请人： FARO Technologies, Inc.

发明人： Reinhard Becker ,  Martin Ossig ,  Andreas Ditte

IPC分类号： G01C3/08 ,  G01B11/00 ,  G01C15/00 ,  G01S7/00 ,  G01S7/4912 ,  G01S17/32 ,  G01S17/42 ,  H04B5/72 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W12/08

CPC分类号： G01S7/4912 ,  G01B11/002 ,  G01C15/002 ,  G01S7/003 ,  G01S17/32 ,  G01S17/42 ,  H04B5/72 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W12/08

摘要： A method for optically scanning and measuring an environment using a 3D measurement device is provided. The method includes steps that are performed prior to operation. These steps include positioning a near-field communication (NFC) device adjacent the 3D measurement device. An NFC link is established between the NFC device and the 3D measurement device. An identifier is transmitted from the NFC device to the 3D measurement device. It is determined that the NFC device is authorized to communicate with the 3D measurement device based at least in part on the identifier. Commands are transferred to the 3D measurement device from the NFC device based at least in part on determining the first NFC device is authorized. At least one communication path is activated. The 3D measurement device is connected to a network of computers and measurement data is transmitted from the 3D measurement device to the network of computers.