LIDAR MODULE HAVING ENHANCED ALIGNMENT AND SCANNING

1 . An optical transmitter, comprising:

a laser diode array configured to emit corresponding laser pulses;

a micro-optics module configured to focus the laser pulses into a scanning beam; and

a drive motor configured to rotate the optical transmitter so the scanning beam covers a horizontal field of view.

2 . The optical transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the micro-optics is disposed a predetermined distance in front of the laser diode array.

3 . The optical transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the laser diode array include n number of laser emitters configured to emit n number of laser pulses.

4 . The optical transmitter of claim 3 , wherein n=48.

5 . The optical transmitter of claim 3 , wherein the micro-optics module focuses the laser pulses into the scanning beam to have a specific intensity of cumulative light at a target.

6 . The optical transmitter of claim 5 , wherein when a corresponding laser emitter “x” is inoperable, the micro-optics module focuses the laser pulses into the scanning beam to have the specific intensity of the cumulative light at the target that is equal to (110%-x)*Intensity.

7 . The optical transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the laser diode array comprise a vertically stacked array of light emitters.

8 . The optical transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the optical transmitter is an autonomous vehicle optical transmitter.

9 . The optical transmitter of claim 1 , further comprising:

a controller configured to perform an initial number of line scans and determine a scan path to reach a predetermined optimal position.

10 . The optical transmitter of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine the scan path based on a predetermined function.

11 . The optical transmitter of claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine an alignment of the optical transmitter based on the determined scan path.