Patent ID: 7209272

Claim:
An object detecting apparatus for detecting a object, the apparatus comprising: a case having a light radiating window and a light receiving window; a light radiating unit disposed in the case for radiating light; a scanning mirror disposed in the case for reflecting the light radiated from the radiating unit toward an outside of the case through the radiated window thereby to scan a predetermined out side area of the case; a light reflection mirror disposed in the case for reflecting light radiated from the radiation unit toward the scanning mirror; a light reception unit disposed in the case for receiving the light reflected by an object in the predetermined out side area and entering through the light receiving window; a position adjusting device disposed in the case for adjusting the reflection mirror to a first position to reflect the light toward the scanning mirror to a second position not to reflect the light toward the scanning mirror, and a light conducting member disposed in the case for conducting the light passing through the reflection mirror to the reception unit, when the reflection mirror is adjusted to the second position.