US Patent Application 18222100. LINE BEAM SCANNING OPTICAL SYSTEM AND LASER RADAR simplified abstract

LINE BEAM SCANNING OPTICAL SYSTEM AND LASER RADAR

Organization Name

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor(s)

Kimihiro Murakami of Osaka (JP)

LINE BEAM SCANNING OPTICAL SYSTEM AND LASER RADAR - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18222100 titled 'LINE BEAM SCANNING OPTICAL SYSTEM AND LASER RADAR

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a line beam scanning optical system.

• The system includes a laser light source, a light deflector with a mirror, a lens, and a light guide.
• The laser light emitted from the laser light source is incident on the light guide.
• The light guide has two opposing surfaces that reflect the laser light to confine it inside.
• The laser light is then condensed in the long side direction of a line beam and incident on the mirror.
• The mixed laser light is finally incident on the lens.

Original Abstract Submitted

A line beam scanning optical system includes: at least one laser light source; a light deflector having a mirror; a lens configured to condense laser light at least in a long side direction of a line beam and cause the laser light to be incident on the mirror; and a light guide that is placed between the laser light source and the lens and on which the laser light emitted from the laser light source is incident. The light guide has two surfaces opposing each other in a long side direction of the line beam, reflects the laser light at the two surfaces to confine the laser light inside the light guide, and causes the mixed laser light to be incident on the lens.