# US 12,007,507 B2 · Control device, irradiation system, control method, and program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,007,507 B2 - Document ID: US12007507B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/969,533 - Filed: 2019-02-07 - Published: 2021-01-07 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2018-02-13 - Assignees: Pioneer Corporation - Applicants: Pioneer Corporation - Inventors: Kenichi Hanada; Shogo Miyanabe; Yoshichika Sato; Kouhei Nakamura - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12007507B2 ## CPC - G01S 7/4817: {relating to scanning} - G01S 7/4917: {superposing optical signals in a photodetector, e.g. optical heterodyne detection} - G01S 17/42: Simultaneous measurement of distance and other co-ordinates (indirect measurement G01S17/46) - G01S 17/87: Combinations of systems using electromagnetic waves other than radio waves - G02B 26/101: {with both horizontal and vertical deflecting means, e.g. raster or XY scanners (colour television using laser beams scanning a display screen H04N9/3129)} - G01S 17/931: of land vehicles - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS ## Abstract An irradiation system (100) comprises a plurality of irradiation devices (1) and a control device (2). The plurality of irradiation devices (1) are arranged adjacent to one another in a first direction. Each of the plurality of irradiation devices (1) is able to move an electromagnetic wave in a second direction different from the first direction while moving the electromagnetic wave in the first direction. The control device (2) controls the plurality of irradiation devices. Specifically, the control device (2) separates an irradiation position of the electromagnetic wave of each of the plurality of irradiation devices (1) from the control device by at least a predetermined distance or more in the second direction at a predetermined timing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A control device that controls a plurality of irradiation devices arranged adjacent to one another in a first direction, wherein each of the plurality of irradiation devices comprises a reflector which is able to move an irradiation position of an electromagnetic wave in a second direction different from the first direction while moving the irradiation position of the electromagnetic wave in the first direction, and wherein the control device controls such that the irradiation position of the electromagnetic wave of each of the plurality of irradiation devices is separated from the electromagnetic wave of another of the plurality of irradiation devices by a predetermined distance or more in the second direction at a predetermined timing. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The control device according to claim 1, wherein control is performed such that the irradiation position or the electromagnetic wave of each of the plurality of irradiation devices is separated by the predetermined distance or more in at least the second direction at any timing. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The control device according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of irradiation devices comprises: an irradiator that irradiates the electromagnetic wave; a movable reflection unit comprising the reflector that reflects the electromagnetic wave; a control unit that controls the movable reflection unit; and at least a part of the control device is the control unit of each of the plurality of irradiation devices. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The control device according to claim 3, wherein the control unit repeatedly moves the irradiation position of the electromagnetic wave in the first direction and simultaneously repeatedly moves the irradiation position of the electromagnetic wave in the second direction by controlling the movable reflection unit, and wherein the control device makes a phase in the second direction of the movable reflection unit of a first irradiation device of the plurality of irradiation devices and a phase in the second direction of the movable reflection unit of a second irradiation device of the plurality of irradiation devices positioned adjacent to the first irradiation device different from each other. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The control device according to claim 4, wherein a movement cycle in the first direction of the electromagnetic wave is shorter than a cycle in the second direction of the electromagnetic wave. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The control device according to claim 4, wherein the control unit of the first irradiation device outputs phase information indicating the phase in the second direction of the first irradiation device to the control unit of another irradiation device, and wherein the control unit of the other irradiation device controls the phase in the second direction of the movable reflection unit of the other irradiation device using the phase information. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The control device according to claim 4, wherein the control device receives phase information to be a reference of the phase in the second direction, and wherein the control unit of each of the plurality of irradiation devices controls the phase in the second direction of the movable reflection unit corresponding to the control unit using the phase information. ### Claim 8 An irradiation system comprising: a plurality of irradiation devices arranged adjacent to one another in a first direction; and a control device that controls the plurality of irradiation devices, wherein each of the plurality of irradiation devices comprises a reflector which is able to move an irradiation position of an electromagnetic wave in a second direction different from the first direction while moving the irradiation position of the electromagnetic wave in the first direction, and wherein the control device controls such that the irradiation position of the electromagnetic wave of each of the plurality of irradiation devices is separated from the electromagnetic wave of another of the plurality of irradiation devices by a predetermined distance or more in the second direction at a predetermined timing. ### Claim 9 A control method for use in a control device that controls a plurality of irradiation devices arranged adjacent to one another in a first direction, each of the plurality of irradiation devices comprising a reflector which is able to move an irradiation position of an electromagnetic wave in a second direction different from the first direction while moving the irradiation position of the electromagnetic wave in the first direction, the control method comprising: performing control such that the irradiation position of the electromagnetic wave of each of the plurality of irradiation devices is separated from the electromagnetic wave of other of the plurality of irradiation devices by a predetermined distance or more in the second direction at a predetermined timing. ### Claim 10 A program that causes a computer to function as a control device for controlling an irradiation device, the irradiation device comprising a reflector which is able to move an irradiation position of an electromagnetic wave in a second direction different from a first direction while moving the irradiation position of the electromagnetic wave in the first direction, the program providing the computer with: a function of storing information indicating how much the irradiation position of the electromagnetic wave is shifted from a reference in the second direction; and a function of receiving the reference in the second direction and controlling an irradiation direction of the electromagnetic wave using the received reference and the stored information. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The control device according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of irradiation devices comprises: a controller that controls the reflector, and wherein the controller repeatedly moves the irradiation position of the electromagnetic wave in the first direction and simultaneously repeatedly moves the irradiation position of the electromagnetic wave in the second direction by controlling the reflector. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The control device according to claim 11, wherein the control device makes a phase in the second direction of the reflector of a first irradiation device of the plurality of irradiation devices, and a phase in the second direction of the reflector of a second irradiation device of the plurality of irradiation devices positioned adjacent to the first irradiation device different from each other.