Patent ID: 11874377
Assignee: VELODYNE LIDAR USA, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A method comprising:
causing a plurality of integrated light detection and ranging (LIDAR) measurement devices to emit illumination light into a three-dimensional (3-D) environment;
causing a beam scanning device to redirect the illumination light with respect to each of a plurality of integrated LIDAR measurement devices;
causing a photosensitive detector of a first integrated LIDAR measurement device of the plurality of integrated LIDAR measurement devices to detect an amount of return light reflected from the 3-D environment when illuminated by the illumination light, wherein an overmold lens is disposed over a photosensitive detector of a first integrated LIDAR measurement device of the plurality of integrated LIDAR measurement devices, the overmold lens including a conical cavity that corresponds with a ray acceptance cone of return light detected by the photosensitive detector;
receiving signals from one or more of the plurality of integrated LIDAR measurement devices, the signals indicative of a detected amount of return light reflected from the 3-D environment illuminated by the illumination light; and
processing the received signals to determine a distance to an object in the 3-D environment,
wherein the illumination light from the first integrated LIDAR measurement device scans a first set of regions of the 3-D environment, the illumination light from the second integrated LIDAR measurement device scans a second set of regions of the 3-D environment, and the first set of scanned regions are interlaced with the second set of scanned regions.