Patent ID: 8860929

Claim:
A laser rangefinder, comprising: a scanning laser emitter configured to emit a laser beam; a controller in communication with the scanning laser emitter and configured to control the scanning laser emitter to emit the laser beam to scan a preset range in a preset manner; a laser detector positioned adjacent to the scanning laser emitter and configured to capture an image of a spot formed by the laser beam reflected off an object; and a processor in communication with the controller and the laser detector, the processor being configured to obtain an angle that the laser beam tilts from its origin and process the image to obtain position coordinates of the spot in the image, the processor being further configured to calculate an distance from the laser rangefinder to the object based upon the angle and the position coordinates; wherein the scanning laser emitter comprises a laser source, a driver, and a lens module, the driver is configured to drive the laser source to emit the laser beam, the lens module is positioned in a path of the laser beam, the controller controls the lens module to project the laser beam; wherein the lens module is a micro electromechanical system and comprises a micro-lens and two pairs of actuators, the micro-lens is positioned in the path of the laser beam and configured for projecting the laser beam along an optical axis of the micro-lens, the actuators are equidistantly arranged around the micro-lens and connect to corresponding circumferential peripheral parts of the micro-lens, each actuator is configured to lift or lower the corresponding part of the micro-lens, when one actuator in each pair lifts the corresponding part, the other actuator in the pair lowers the corresponding part of the micro-lens, thus cooperatively tilt the micro-lens around a central axis of the micro-lens, about which the pair of the actuators are symmetrically arranged, and connection lines of the two pairs of actuators intersect at substantially a right angle.