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7 August 2019 Laser scanner module with large sending aperture and inherent high angular position accuracy for three-dimensional light detecting and ranging
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Abstract

One design of the state-of-the-art laser scanner systems in automotive applications is based on oscillating mirror modules. The requirement of a large mirror surface for eye-safe transmission beams and long measurement distances is a major drawback for fast and reproducible scanning. Tolerances of angular positioning, position sensing, and vibrational perturbations limit the position accuracy of such a mirror and, thus, the accuracy of the transmission spot position in the field of view (FoV). Our approach for a scanner module with maximum transmission beam diameter combines a microlens array with an objective lens for generating one optical telescope assembly for each angular scan position exclusively. Aperture stops define the beam positions in the FoV and avoid positioning errors caused by angle deviations of the scanner mirror. This increases the reliability of the angular position accuracy of the scanner module significantly. To minimize the shadings between adjacent scan spots in the target distance, created by beam cutoffs at the aperture stop of the objective lens, an array of optimized microwedge prisms is provided in combination with the microlens array. Therefore, we can increase the throughput of transmission power into the FoV and improve the measurement distance, especially at large scan angles.

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Juergen Hasselbach, Siegwart Bogatscher, and Christian Rembe "Laser scanner module with large sending aperture and inherent high angular position accuracy for three-dimensional light detecting and ranging," Optical Engineering 58(8), 087101 (7 August 2019). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.58.8.087101
Received: 11 March 2019; Accepted: 2 July 2019; Published: 7 August 2019
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KEYWORDS
Microlens

Microlens array

Mirrors

Objectives

Distance measurement

Laser scanners

Scanners

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