Granted Patent B2

US 12,253,629 · App. 17/287,043 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Inventors: Jun Uchimura (Tokyo, JP); Hiroshi Takahashi (Kanagawa, JP)

Assignees: NEC CORPORATION; NEC Platforms, Ltd.

G01S7/4811A47F3/001A47F5/0018G01S17/88G02B26/126

Abstract

Claims (21)

1. A sensor device comprising:

a sensor unit that emits light and receives light reflected by an object; and

a reflection mirror unit that reflects light emitted from the sensor unit toward the object and reflects light reflected from the object toward the sensor unit,

wherein the reflection mirror unit includes a plurality of reflection mirrors each configured to reflect light emitted from the sensor unit and light reflected from the object on a same reflection surface, and

wherein each of the plurality of reflection mirrors includes, on the same reflection surface, a first part and a second part having lower reflectance than the first part, the second part being arranged such that the second part surrounds the first part.

2. The sensor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the sensor unit or the reflection mirror unit is configured to perform a scan by changing an optical path of light,

wherein the first part is, within a range of the scan, a range in which light emitted from the sensor unit is incident, and

wherein the second part is, within the range of the scan, a range in which light emitted from the sensor unit is not incident.

3. The sensor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first part and the second part are made of a same base member, and

wherein the base member at the second part has a surface treated to reduce reflectance.

4. The sensor device according to claim 3 , wherein a surface of the base member at the second part is covered with a light absorbing material.

5. The sensor device according to claim 3 , wherein surface roughness of the base member at the second part is greater than that of the base member at the first part.

6. The sensor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first part and the second part are made of different base members, and

wherein reflectance of the base member of the second part is less than that of the base member of the first part.

7. The sensor device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor unit is a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) device that acquires distance information based on light reflected by the object.

8. An article display shelf comprising:

the sensor device according to claim 1 ; and

a display portion on which an article is displayed.

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