Patent ID: 11971488
Assignee: INNOVIZ TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A LIDAR system, comprising:
a laser emission unit configured to generate a plurality of laser beams;
a scanning unit configured to receive the plurality of laser beams, wherein the scanning unit is configured to project the plurality of laser beams toward a field of view of the LIDAR system, the field of view extending in a first direction from a minimum extent to a maximum extent, the plurality of laser beams being spaced apart from each other in a second direction transverse to the first direction; and
at least one processor programmed to:
cause the scanning unit to perform a first scan of the field of view of the LIDAR system by simultaneously directing each of the plurality of laser beams along a first plurality of parallel scan lines extending in the first direction such that the plurality of laser beams traverse the field of view from the minimum extent of the field of view to the maximum extent of the field of view in the first direction along the first plurality of parallel scan lines;
displace the plurality of laser beams from a first set of locations associated with the first plurality of parallel scan lines to a second set of locations associated with a second plurality of parallel scan lines, wherein none of the second plurality of parallel scan lines is spatially located between scan lines of the first plurality of parallel scan lines;
cause the scanning unit to perform a second scan by simultaneously directing each of the plurality of laser beams along the second plurality of parallel scan lines such that the plurality of laser beams traverse the field of view from the minimum extent of the field of view to the maximum extent of the field of view in the first direction along the second plurality of parallel scan lines;
displace the plurality of laser beams from the second set of locations associated with the second plurality of parallel scan lines to a third set of locations associated with a third plurality of parallel scan lines, wherein at least one scan line of the third plurality of scan lines is spatially located between two scan lines included in the second plurality of parallel scan lines; and
cause the scanning unit to perform a third scan by simultaneously directing the plurality of laser beams along the third plurality of parallel scan lines such that the plurality of laser beams traverse the field of view from the minimum extent of the field of view to the maximum extent of the field of view in the first direction along the third plurality of parallel scan lines.