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US 7,365,891 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for directing energy based range detection sensors
AssigneeQuantapoint, Inc.
InventorsEric Hoffman, William Darin Ingimarson, Ryan M. Sullivan
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Abstract
A directing apparatus includes a mechanism for producing steerable energy. The apparatus includes a mechanism for steering energy from the producing mechanism while the producing mechanism is stationary. The steering mechanism is in communication with the producing mechanism. The steering mechanism includes a scanning mechanism which continuously in a first direction scans the volume of a surrounding vertically and horizontally. A directing method.
Claims24
A directing apparatus comprising:
- a mechanism for producing steerable energy;
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- a mechanism for steering energy from the producing mechanism while the producing mechanism is stationary, said steering mechanism in communication with the producing mechanism, said steering mechanism includes a scanning mechanism which continuously in a first direction scans the volume of a surrounding vertically and horizontally.
A directing method comprising the steps of:
- producing steerable energy with a steerable energy source;
- scanning a volume of a surrounding vertically and horizontally continuously in a first direction with the steerable energy;
- receiving the energy back from the surrounding at a sensor mechanism;
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- determining how the surrounding looks from the steerable energy received at the sensor mechanism.
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