Patent ID: 11867790
Assignee: VELODYNE LIDAR USA, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 21:
22. A method, comprising:
emitting a plurality of beams of illumination light from a LIDAR device into a three dimensional environment, wherein the LIDAR device has a rotating board arranged perpendicular to an axis of rotation, two or more electronics boards each mechanically coupled to the rotating board, and a plurality of light emitting elements mounted to a first of the two or more electronics boards, and wherein the plurality of beams of illumination light emitted from the LIDAR device are parallel or nearly parallel with the axis of rotation, and each beam of illumination light emitted from the LIDAR device illuminates a respective portion of a three dimensional environment;
detecting, by a plurality of light detecting elements mounted to a second of the two or more electronics board wherein each of the plurality of light detecting elements is configured to detect a beam of return light reflected from a respective surface of the three dimensional environment and to generate a respective output signal indicative of the detected beam of return light; and
generating a plurality of output signals each indicative of one of the beams of return light.