IP Library Granted Patent US 10,416,287
Granted Patent B2
US 10,416,287 · App. 15/345,048 · Granted Sep 17, 2019

Laser device

Inventor: Yuichiro Masuda (Takatsuki, JP)
Assignee: Funai Electric Co., LTD.
G01S7/4812G01S7/4813G01S7/4817G01S17/08
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Patent No.
US 10,416,287
App. No.
15/345,048
Granted
Sep 17, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A laser device includes a transmitter that emits a light, a first reflector that pivotally reflects the light by a shaft, a light receiver provided apart from the transmitter in a first direction parallel to the shaft, a guide part that receives the light from the first reflector and changes a direction of the light in the first direction, and a second reflector that reflects a returning light from an object and pivots in sync with the first reflector.

Claims (36)

1. A laser device, comprising:

a transmitter that emits a light;

a first reflector that pivotally reflects the light by a shaft;

a light receiver provided apart from the transmitter in a first direction that is parallel to the shaft;

a guide part that receives the light from the first reflector and changes a direction of the light in the first direction;

a second reflector that reflects a returning light from an object and pivots in sync with the first reflector; and

a housing comprising a window whereby the light and the returning light pass through,

wherein the guide part is disposed on the window,

wherein the guide part comprises a first reflection part and a second reflection part,

wherein the first reflection part is disposed in a first position,

wherein the second reflection part is disposed in a second position near the light receiver in the first direction, and

wherein the second reflection part is moveable in the first direction.

2. The laser device according to claim 1 , wherein the first position is a position where the window and the light intersect.

3. The laser device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first reflection part has a first side parallel to a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and

wherein the second reflection part has a second side parallel to the second direction.

4. The laser device according to claim 1 , wherein the second reflection part is disposed at a same height as a central axis of the light receiver in the first direction.

5. The laser device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the light receiver comprises a light receiving element, and

wherein the central axis of the light receiver is a center axis of the light input to the light receiver from the second reflector and condensed in the light receiving element.

6. The laser device according to claim 1 , wherein the second reflection part is disposed on a position different from a central axis of the light receiver in the first direction.

7. The laser device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the light receiver comprises a light receiving element, and

wherein the central axis of the light receiver is an optical axis of light input to the light receiver from the second reflector and condensed in the light receiving element.

8. The laser device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the housing comprises a shielding plate, and

wherein the second reflection part is disposed near the light receiver than the second reflector in the first direction.

9. The laser device according to claim 1 , wherein the window is a planar shape parallel to the first direction.

10. The laser device according to claim 1 , wherein the window is a cylindrical shape of which a center is the shaft.

11. The laser device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first reflection part comprises a reflective surface that forms the window at a 45-degree angle, and

wherein the second reflection part comprises a reflective surface that forms the window at a 135-degree angle.

12. The laser device according to claim 1 , wherein the first reflection part and the second reflection part are a mirror.

13. The laser device measuring apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first reflection part and the second reflection part are disposed on a prism.

14. The laser device according to claim 1 , wherein the window is made of resin or glass.

15. The laser device according to claim 1 , wherein the guide part is disposed within a thickness of the window.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: FUNAI GROUP CO., LTD
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073121/0824 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. (F/K/A FE-TECH CO., LTD.)
To: FEC IP LLC
Reel/Frame 073121/0883 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2016
From: MASUDA, YUICHIRO
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 040270/0340 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-217832 · Nov 5, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170131386A1 · May 11, 2017