Patent ID: 11892572
Assignee: WAYMO LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A sensor system, comprising:
an optical transmitter module, comprising:
at least one light-emitter device, wherein the at least one light-emitter device comprises light-emitter devices arranged in a 1-dimensional array, and wherein the light-emitter devices are disposed along a shared light-emitter axis; and
a plurality of micromirror devices optically-coupled to the light-emitter device, wherein the micromirror devices are arranged in a 1-dimensional array, wherein the micromirror devices are disposed along a shared micromirror axis, wherein the shared light-emitter axis and the shared micromirror axis are parallel, and wherein the light-emitter device is configured to emit respective light beams toward an environment via the micromirror devices, wherein the micromirror devices are configured to deflect the light beams;

an optical receiver module, comprising:
at least one detector device; and

a controller having at least one processor and a memory, wherein the controller executes program instructions stored in the memory so as to carry out operations, wherein the operations comprise:
causing at least one micromirror device of the plurality of micromirror devices to deflect at least a portion of at least one light beam.