SG11201901600WA - Optical system for collecting distance information within a field - Google Patents

Abstract

INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property 111111111111111111 1111111111011111010011111100111011111100101111111011110111111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ......0\" WO 2018/039432 Al 01 March 2018 (01.03.2018) W I P0 I P C T (51) International Patent Classification: Street, San Francscio, California 94107 (US). SHU, Mar- B23P 17/00 (2006.01) G02B 27/10 (2006.01) yin; 268 Clara Street, San Francisco, California 94107 (US). G02B 6/04 (2006.01) HO1L 21/00 (2006.01) YOUNGE, Eric; 268 Clara Street, San Francisco, Califor- GO2B 6/06 (2006.01) HO1L 21/302 (2006.01) nia 94107 (US). (21) International Application Number: (74) Agent: RACZKOWSKI, David B. et al.; Kilpatrick PCT/US2017/048379 Townsend & Stockton LLP, 1100 Peachtree Street, Suite 2800, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-4528 (US). (22) International Filing Date: 24 August 2017 (24.08.2017) (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (25) Filing Language: English kind AO, of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, (26) Publication Language: English CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, (30) Priority Data: DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, 62/379,130 24 August 2016 (24.08.2016) US HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, (71) Applicant: OUSTER, INC. [US/US]; 268 Clara Street, MG, San Francisco, California 94107 (US). OM, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, (72) Inventors: PACALA, Angus; 268 Clara Street, San Fran-TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. cisco, California 94107 (US). FRICHTL, Mark; 268 Clara Title: OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING DISTANCE INFORMATION WITHIN A FIELD = (54) = i = J i „....;--- ,. • Proc.1— = = V f> c..21-Att- CA:LziNei\" = —::: iit Ilk of\" PewidEZ-S • 'amiss-ie. = _ = = = i = = = 1-1 FIG. a ei en 7 1. (57) : Optical systems and methods for collecting distance information are disclosed. An example optical system includes a 01 first transmitting optic, a plurality of illumination sources, a pixel array comprising at least a first column of pixels and a second column M of pixels, each pixel in the first column of pixels being offset from an adjacent pixel in the first column of pixels by a first pixel pitch, 0 ---- the second column of pixels being horizontally offset from the first column of pixels by the first pixel pitch, the second column of GC pixels being vertically offset from the first column of pixels by a first vertical 1-1 pitch; and a set of input channels interposed between © the first transmitting optic and the pixel array. ei C [Continued on next page] WO 2018/039432 Al 1111111111111111111010101111101111101111111111101111110111110111111111111011110111111 (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))