Patent ID: 6875993
Filing Date: 2005-04-05
Classification: G01S

Abstract:
1. An object detection and identification system, comprising: a laser source with at least two emission apertures, wherein said laser source emits at least two laser signals into an environment; at least one detector operationally responsive to at least one reflected laser signal, said at least one reflected laser signal receivable by said at least one detector after emission of said at least two laser signals from said laser source into and passing through said environment; and a microprocessor operationally coupled to said at least one detector and having access to memory containing data associated with said environment and object characteristic data, wherein said microprocessor analyzes said at least one reflected laser signal received by said at least one detector to determine the x, y, and z presence and at least one characteristic of objects entering said environment, said at least one characteristic including at least one of an object's size, shape, orientation, speed and reflectance.