Detection Apparatus, Terminal Device, and Resolution Regulation Method

1 . An apparatus comprising:

a transmitter corresponding to M scanning fields of view and configured to regulate pointing directions of the M scanning fields of view and a splicing manner of the M scanning fields of view,

wherein M is an integer greater than one,

wherein the splicing manner comprises splicing in a vertical direction, and

wherein the pointing directions and the splicing manner are based on a first resolution requirement of the apparatus.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the transmitter is further configured to change a first pointing direction of at least one of the M scanning fields of view or the splicing manner to adjust a resolution of the apparatus.

3 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the transmitter comprises M light sources, corresponding to one of the M scanning fields of view, and wherein the transmitter is further configured change a first position of the at least one of the M light sources to change the first pointing direction and/or the splicing manner.

4 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the M light sources are located on a same horizontal plane.

5 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the transmitter comprises H light sources and Q optical splitting elements, wherein a combination of the H light sources and the Q optical splitting elements corresponds to the M scanning fields of view, wherein H and Q are positive integers, and wherein the transmitter is further configured to:

change a position of at least one of the H light sources; and/or

change a turn-on time point and/or a turn-off time point of at least one of a plurality of propagation optical paths corresponding to the M scanning fields of view, to change the first pointing direction and/or the splicing manner.

6 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the transmitter comprises:

at least one light source located at a first position;

a transmission system; and

a driving element coupled to the transmission system in a configuration for changing the first position of the at least one light source.

7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the splicing manner comprises splicing in a horizontal direction.

8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a full field-of-view range of the apparatus comprises at least one region of interest, and wherein the first resolution requirement is based on at least one of a position, a size, or a second resolution requirement of the at least one region of interest.

9 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first resolution requirement is based on an application scenario of the apparatus.

10 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit an optical signal, and wherein the apparatus further comprises a scanning system coupled to the transmitter and configured to:

reflect, to a to-be-detected region, the optical signal; and

reflect, to a receiving system, an echo signal of the optical signal that is reflected from a target in the to-be-detected region.

11 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the scanning module system comprises at least one of a polyhedron reflector, a rotating mirror, a pendulum mirror, or a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) reflector.

12 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further a controller coupled to the transmitter and configured to:

generate a control signal based on the first resolution requirement, wherein the control signal controls the transmitter to change a first pointing direction of at least one of the M scanning fields of view or the splicing manner; and

send the control signal to the transmitter.

13 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

obtain data of K frames of images, wherein K is a positive integer;

determine at least one region of interest based on the data;

generate the control signal based on the at least one region of interest; and

send the control signal to the transmitter to control the transmitter to change the first pointing direction or the splicing manner.

14 . A terminal device, comprising:

a detection apparatus configured to:

obtain association information of a target; and

receive an echo signal; and

at least one processor coupled to the detection apparatus and configured to;

process the association information; or

determine the association information based on the echo signal,

wherein the detection apparatus comprises a transmitter corresponding to M scanning fields of view and configured to regulate pointing directions of the M scanning fields of view and a splicing manner of the M scanning fields of view,

wherein M is an integer greater than one, and

wherein the pointing directions and the splicing manner are based on a resolution requirement of the detection apparatus.

15 . A method implemented by a detection apparatus, wherein the method comprises:

obtaining a resolution requirement of the detection apparatus; and

regulating pointing directions of M scanning fields of view and/or a splicing manner of the M scanning fields of view based on the resolution requirement,

wherein M is an integer greater than one, and

wherein the splicing manner comprises splicing in a vertical direction.

16 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

generating a control signal based on the resolution requirement of the detection apparatus; and

sending the control signal to a transmitter to control the transmitter to change a first pointing direction of at least one of the M scanning fields of view or the splicing manner.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein generating the control signal comprises:

obtaining data of K frames of images, wherein K is a positive integer;

determining at least one region of interest based on the data; and

generating the control signal based on the at least one region of interest.

18 . The terminal device of claim 14 , wherein the transmitter is further configured to change a first pointing direction of at least one of the M scanning fields of view or the splicing manner to adjust a resolution of the detection apparatus.

19 . The terminal device of claim 18 , wherein the transmitter comprises M light sources corresponding to one of the M scanning fields of view, and wherein the transmitter is further configured to change a first position of the at least one of the M light sources to change the first pointing direction or the splicing manner.

20 . The terminal device of claim 19 , wherein the M light sources are located on different horizontal planes.