Patent ID: 11906813
Assignee: WAYMO LLC
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. A system comprising:
a light-emitter device;
a photodetector;
a rotatable mirror disposed about a shaft defining a rotational axis, wherein the rotatable mirror comprises:
a multi-sided structure comprising a plurality of exterior surfaces and a plurality of interior surfaces, wherein each exterior surface of the plurality of exterior surfaces is opposite a respective interior surface of the plurality of interior surfaces;
a plurality of reflective surfaces, wherein each reflective surface of the plurality of reflective surfaces is disposed on a respective exterior surface of the plurality of exterior surfaces of the multi-sided structure; and
a plurality of support members, wherein each support member is coupled to the shaft and is coupled to two different interior surfaces of the plurality of interior surfaces; and

a controller that executes instructions so as to carry out operations, the operations comprising:
causing the rotatable mirror to rotate about the rotational axis; and
causing the light-emitter device to emit light pulses toward at least one reflective surface such that at least a portion of the light pulses interact with an external environment so as to form reflected light pulses.