Patent ID: 8773646
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: G01S,G02B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A fiber optic scanner for transmitting and receiving optical signals, comprising: a light guide array comprising individual light guides arranged such that a first end comprises first ends of the individual light guides arranged in an image plane of collimating optics and a second end comprises second ends of the individual light guides arranged in a circular manner; a central light guide comprising a first end arranged at a center of the circularly arranged second ends of the individual light guides; a motor driven reflector arranged to guide light emerging from the circularly arranged ends of the individual light guides into the central light guide, and the central light guide further comprising two coaxially arranged cross sectional areas that are structured and arranged to guide transmitted light through a central one of the two coaxially arranged cross sectional areas and to guide received light through an outer one of the two coaxially arranged cross sectional areas.