Patent ID: 11867991
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A photodetection system comprising:
an optical scan device that is capable of controlling a direction and shape of a light beam;
a plurality of photosensitive elements that detect the light beams reflected by a scene;
a control circuit that controls the direction and shape of the light beam that is emitted from the optical scan device; and
a signal processing circuit that generates distance distribution data on the basis of output from the photosensitive elements,
wherein the control circuit causes the optical scan device to emit a plurality of light beams differing in direction of emission and spread angle from each other, and
the photosensitive elements detect the plurality of light beams reflected by the scene.