Optical measurement device and vehicle

1. An optical measurement device comprising:

a first light source;

an optical element configured to condense a light beam emitted from the first light source and irradiate the light beam onto an object;

and

a photo detector configured to detect reflected light or scattered light of the light beam from the object, the reflected light or scattered light passing through an imaging system, the light beam being irradiated onto the object,

wherein, at least in a first scanning direction, a first optical path length from the first light source to a first conjugate image of the first light source through the optical element is different from a second optical path length from the photo detector to a second conjugate image of the photo detector through the imaging system and,

wherein the optical path at a light source side and a photo detector side includes a light converging point having a different position relative to the first light source and the photo detector.

2. The optical measurement device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a deflector configured to deflect and scan the light been which passes through the optical element, wherein the deflector is disposed downstream of the optical element,

wherein, a direction in which the deflector deflects and scans is a main scanning direction, and a direction which is perpendicular to the main scanning direction is a sub-scanning direction, the first direction being one of either the main scanning direction or the sub-scanning direction.

3. The optical measurement device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the optical element has a first principal point and a first focal length at least in the first direction, wherein the first principal point is disposed at a first position which is separated from the first light source by the first focal length, and

wherein the imaging system includes a first imaging element which has a second principal point and a second focal length at least in the first direction, wherein the second principal point is disposed at a second position which is separated from the photo detector by the second focal length.

4. The optical measurement device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the first light source includes a plurality of second light sources, and second light beams from the corresponding second light sources irradiate different regions of the object,

wherein the imaging system includes a second imaging element which has a third principal point and a third focal length in a second direction, the second direction being different from the first direction, and

wherein the second focal length is different from the third focal length.

5. The optical measurement device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the first imaging element is adjusted such that the second principal point is disposed at a third position which is separated from the photo detector by a distance which is greater than the second focal length, and

wherein the third principal point is disposed at a fourth position which is separated from the photo detector by the third focal length.

6. The optical measurement device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, when a closest detection distance of the optical measurement device is a minimum detection distance, a fifth position is a point which is separated from the optical measurement device by the minimum detection distance.

7. The optical measurement device according to claim 2 , wherein a focal length in the main scanning direction is different from a focal length in the sub-scanning direction.

8. The optical measurement device according to claim 2 , wherein

the deflector is a rotating mirror including four reflectors, and

wherein a traveling direction of the light beam or the reflected or scattered light of the light beam reflected by the rotating mirror with respect to an XY plan is switched to an opposite direction.