G02B 26/129
Systems in which the scanning light beam is repeatedly reflected from the
Official title: {Systems in which the scanning light beam is repeatedly reflected from the polygonal mirror}
G02B26/129 (Systems in which the scanning light beam is repeatedly reflected from the) appears on 101 US grants and 75 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and system for optimizing scanning of coherent lidar16 Jun 2026US 12,656,601 B2Aurora Operations, Inc.
- Lidar system with dynamic scan speed2 Jun 2026US 12,644,968 B2Microvision, Inc.
- Polygon mirror6 Jan 2026US 12,515,460 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Polygon mirror6 Jan 2026US 12,517,347 B2Corning Incorporated
- LiDAR systems and methods16 Dec 2025US 12,498,489 B2Y.E. Hub Armenia LLC
- Optical delay generator and spectroscopic apparatus including same1 Jan 2026US 2026/0003171 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Method and system for optimizing scanning of coherent lidar5 Jun 2025US 2025/0180894 A1Aurora Operations, Inc.
- Image forming apparatus5 Dec 2024US 2024/0402629 A1Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Adjustment of light detection and ranging (lidar) system field of view during operation13 Jun 2024US 2024/0192329 A1Aeva, Inc.
- Scanning lidar with discrete vertical steps6 Jun 2024US 2024/0183950 A1Cepton Technologies, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of selectively projecting scan lines in a multiple-line barcode scanner540US 8,371,507 B2Metrologic Instruments, Inc. · 2013
- Scanning systems with polygon scanner having curved facets45US 4,624,528 AXerox Corporation · 1986
- Optical scanning system35US 4,508,422 APharos AB · 1985
- Optics for passive scan angle doubling30US 5,491,578 AXerox Corporation · 1996
- Rangefinder for imaging system eliminating effect of rotor rotation27US 4,733,072 AThe Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · 1988