Patent ID: 7605909
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: G01S

Abstract:
1. A detection device for detecting conditions at a target position by irradiating a laser light to the target position, comprising: irradiation means for irradiating the laser light having a unique modulation pattern to the target position; light reception means for receiving a laser light from the target position; modulation means for modulating the laser light irradiated from the irradiation means, wherein a modulation pattern of the laser light irradiated from the irradiation means is chosen among a plurality of different modulation pattern; distinction means for distinguishing whether the modulation pattern of the laser light irradiated from the irradiation means matches with a modulation pattern of the laser light received by the light reception means, whereby identifying the laser light received by the light reception means is the laser light that is irradiated from the irradiation means and reflected by an object at the target position when the modulation pattern of the laser light received by the light reception means is the unique modulation pattern of the light irradiated to the target position; detection means for detecting conditions of the target position based on a light reception state in the light reception means when the modulation pattern of the laser light irradiated from the irradiation means matches with the modulation pattern of the laser light received by the light reception means; and means for adjusting an irradiation direction of the laser light from the irradiation means so as to change the target position irradiated by the laser light, wherein the modulation means sets a modulation pattern of the laser light for every target position, wherein the detection device is mounted on a moving vehicle such that conditions of a moving object at the target position are detected, and wherein the modulation means modulates the laser light such that the laser light irradiated to the target position is distinguishable with a state of a group of laser pulses and changes the state of the group of the laser pulses every shift of the target position.