IP Library Granted Patent US 12669588
Granted Patent B2
US 12669588 · App. 18/178,607 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Laser radar device

Inventors: Hiroshi Asami (Kariya-city, JP); Kazuhisa Onda (Kariya-city, JP); Mitsuhiro Kiyono (Kariya-city, JP)
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
G01S7/4817G01S7/4811G01S7/4813G01S17/931
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12669588
App. No.
18/178,607
Filed
Mar 6, 2023
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3645
USPC
356/4.01
Abstract

A laser radar device includes: a light source; a mirror rotatable about a rotation shaft to reflect laser light emitted by the light source; a window; and a detector to detect laser light. The mirror has a low reflection area having a lower reflectance than the other region of the mirror, in a state where a mirror surface faces toward the light source, at position adjacent to the light source than the detector in an axial direction of the rotation shaft and adjacent to the window than a region where the laser light emitted by the light source hits for a first time in a radial direction of the rotation shaft. The window has an inclined posture in which a distance from the rotation shaft is shorter at position adjacent to the detector than at position adjacent to the light source.

Claims (30)

1 . A laser radar device comprising:

a light source configured to emit laser light;

a mirror that is rotatable around a rotation shaft to reflect the laser light emitted by the light source;

a window through which the laser light reflected by the mirror passes; and

a detector configured to detect laser light passing through the window to be reflected by the mirror, wherein

no partition is provided between the light source and the detector,

the mirror has a low reflection area having a lower reflectance than the other region of the mirror, in a state where a mirror surface of the mirror faces toward the light source, at position adjacent to the light source than the detector in an axial direction of the rotation shaft and adjacent to the window than a region where the laser light emitted by the light source hits for a first time in a radial direction of the rotation shaft,

the window has an inclined posture in which a distance from the rotation shaft is shorter at position adjacent to the detector than at position adjacent to the light source, and

the window is slanted such that the laser light emitted by the light source and reflected by the window does not enter the detector while being most directed toward the detector.

2 . A laser radar device comprising:

a light source configured to emit laser light;

a mirror that is rotatable around a rotation shaft to reflect the laser light emitted by the light source;

a window through which the laser light reflected by the mirror passes; and

a detector configured to detect the laser light passing through the window to be reflected by the mirror, wherein

no partition is provided between the light source and the detector,

the mirror has a low reflection area having a lower reflectance than the other region of the mirror, in at least a part of an area where a stray light to be detected by the detector hits the mirror, after the laser light emitted by the light source is reflected by the mirror, the window, and the mirror in this order and exiting through the window to be reflected by an external object and pass through the window to be reflected in order of the mirror, the window, and the mirror, within a rotation angle range in which the laser light emitted by the light source is reflected by the window and hits the mirror again,

the window has an inclined posture in which a distance from the rotation shaft is shorter at position adjacent to the detector than at position adjacent to the light source, and

the window is slanted such that the laser light emitted by the light source and reflected by the window does not enter the detector while being most directed toward the detector.

3 . The laser radar device according to claim 1 , wherein

the mirror has a length in a radial direction of the rotation shaft, and

the length is shorter at an end of the mirror adjacent to the detector than at an end of the mirror adjacent to the light source.

4 . The laser radar device according to claim 3 , wherein

the window has a flat plate shape,

the mirror has

an inclined side portion that is radially outer side adjacent to the detector and having an inclination that approaches the rotation shaft toward an end of the mirror adjacent to the detector, and

a parallel side portion parallel to the rotation shaft at position adjacent to the light source, and

the inclined side portion is inclined along the window.

5 . The laser radar device according to claim 1 , wherein a mirror surface of the mirror has a rectangular shape.

6 . The laser radar device according to claim 3 , wherein a mirror surface of the mirror has a line-symmetrical shape with the rotation shaft as an axis of symmetry.

7 . The laser radar device according to claim 1 , further comprising an antireflection film on an internal side of the window, or on the internal side and an external side of the window.