Patent Document ID: 9678099
Application ID: 14696004
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An optical device for laser wind sensing, the optical device comprising: a laser transmitter; a camera; receiving optics comprising first and second subassemblies, wherein each of the first and second subassemblies are configured to cause at least a portion of light entering the subassembly to travel through a first set of one or more lenses, through a second set of one or more lenses, reflect off of a first reflective element, and reflect off of a second reflective element toward a set of pixels of the camera; a photodiode, wherein the first reflective element for one or both of the first or second subassemblies includes a beam splitter configured to direct a portion of the light toward the photodiode; and a processing unit configured to determine, from the portion of the light directed toward the photodiode, a range of an object from the optical device; wherein the first and second subassemblies are configured to direct light toward first and second sets of pixels of the camera, respectively.