US20210088630A9 - Laser scanning device, radar device and scanning method thereof - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to the field of three-dimensional laser scanning, and in particular, to a laser scanning device, a radar device and a scanning method thereof.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of a scanning device in a LiDAR of U.S. Pat. No. 8,767,190B2.
- a motherboard 20 is provided on a frame 22 .
- Plural emitter hybrids 30 are sequentially inserted onto the motherboard 20
- plural detector hybrids 32 are sequentially inserted onto the motherboard 20 .
- the plural emitter hybrids 30 are provided in a vertical direction, and the plural detector hybrids 32 are provided in the vertical direction.
- the emitter hybrids 30 each is provided with one emitter, and the detector hybrids 32 each is provided with one detector.
- the frame 22 spins to obtain a 360-degree scanning field of view.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a laser scanning device in a prior art.
- the laser scanning device generates an emergent light by a laser emitting unit to generate a scanning line.
- the laser scanning device includes a scanning tower mirror 40 and a transmitting lens group 50 .
- the scanning tower mirror 40 rotates about a rotation axis X.
- the transmitting lens group 50 is disposed in parallel with a top surface of the scanning tower mirror 40 .
- the scanning tower mirror 40 is a standard quadrangular tower mirror.
- the emergent light L emitted by the laser emitting unit 60 is transmitted through the transmitting lens group 50 , then reflected by an inclined surface of the scanning tower mirror 40 , and emitted outside of the laser scanning device accordingly.
- An incident light L′ generated by diffuse reflection of an obstacle is a light beam, is converged by the transmitting lens group 50 and then received by a laser receiving unit 70 .
- a position of the laser emitting unit 60 relative to the scanning tower mirror 40 is unchanged.
- the emergent light L scans to and fro within a certain angle field of view.
- the present disclosure discloses a laser scanning device, including: a scanning prism, including a plurality of scanning mirror surfaces, wherein the plurality of scanning mirror surfaces are configured to rotate about a scanning axis, a normal of each of the scanning mirror surfaces forms a space angle with the scanning axis, and the values of all the space angles are not all the same; a transceiver assembly, including a laser emitting unit and a laser receiving unit, wherein the laser emitting unit is configured to generate a scanning line by rotation of the scanning mirror surfaces, and the same laser emitting unit is configured to generate a plurality of scanning lines by rotation of the scanning prism.
- the present disclosure discloses a LiDAR device, including the laser scanning device.
- the present disclosure further discloses a scanning method of the LiDAR device, further including: providing a transceiver assembly including a laser emitting unit and a laser receiving unit; rotating a scanning prism with a plurality of scanning mirror surfaces about a scanning axis; projecting a laser beam by the laser emitting unit to the scanning mirror surfaces, and generating scanning lines by rotating the scanning mirror surfaces, wherein a normal of each of the scanning mirror surfaces forms a space angle with the scanning axis, and the values of the space angles each are not all the same, such that the same laser emitting unit generates the plural scanning lines.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of a scanning device in a LiDAR of U.S. Pat. No. 8767190B2.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a laser scanning device in a prior art.
- FIGS. 3A and 3B show schematic views of a main structure of a laser scanning device according to the present disclosure.
- FIG. 4 shows a schematic view of a main structure of a scanning prism according to the present disclosure.
- FIGS. 5A-5D show schematic sectional views of scanning mirror surfaces at various space angles.
- FIG. 5E shows a schematic view of scanning lines generated by the scanning mirror surfaces in FIGS. 5A-5D .
- FIG. 5F shows a schematic view of a light path of a transceiver assembly relative to one scanning mirror surface.
- FIG. 6A shows a schematic view in which laser beams are arranged in a divergent state.
- FIG. 6B shows a schematic view in which the laser beams are arranged in a convergent state.
- FIG. 7A shows a schematic overall view of a rotating field of view of the scanning prism.
- FIGS. 7B-7E show schematic stepwise views of the rotating field of view of FIG. 7A .
- FIGS. 8A and 8B show schematic views of the scanning lines.
- FIG. 9 shows a schematic structural view of a laser scanning device with two transceiver assemblies.
- FIG. 10 shows a schematic structural view of a laser scanning device with three transceiver assemblies.
- FIG. 11 shows a schematic structural view of a laser scanning device with four transceiver assemblies.
- FIG. 12A shows a schematic structural view of a laser scanning device with a triangular prism.
- FIGS. 12B and 12C show schematic views of a scan range on the basis of FIG. 12A .
- Inventor of present disclosure found that according to the above structure, only one scanning line may be acquired by arranging each emitter hybrid 30 , i.e., if 64 scanning lines are to be acquired, 64 emitter hybrids 30 and 64 detector hybrids 32 are required to be provided, and the number of components required to be provided inside the device is large, which does not facilitate volume compression and cost reduction.
- the laser emitting units may generate the scanning lines the number of which exceeds that of laser emitting units, the number of components inside the apparatus may be decreased, and the component arrangement, volume compression and cost reduction may be facilitated.
- the scanning field of view is rather limited. Taking FIG. 2 as an example, an effective scanning field of view is less than 90 degrees. How to further expand the scanning field of view to adapt to a more diverse practical demanding scenarios is a problem to be solved urgently at present.
- FIGS. 3A and 3B show schematic views of a main structure of a laser scanning device according to the present disclosure.
- FIG. 4 shows a schematic view of a main structure of a scanning prism according to the present disclosure.
- structures of well-known parts, such as a component for scanning driving, or the like, are not shown in the drawings.
- the laser scanning device is an optical basis for achieving laser scanning.
- the LiDAR device further includes other well-known components, such as processing module a battery module, or the like.
- the laser scanning device includes a scanning prism 1 and a transceiver assembly 2 .
- the scanning prism 1 may include a plurality of scanning mirror surfaces, all of which rotate about a scanning axis O. Specifically, the scanning prism 1 may include three, four, five or six scanning mirror surfaces, and the following description will be made by taking four scanning mirror surfaces as an example.
- Each transceiver assembly includes a laser emitting unit and a laser receiving unit.
- the laser beam generated by the laser emitting unit is irradiated on one scanning mirror surface, reflected by the scanning mirror surface and then emitted outside of the LiDAR device.
- an angle between a normal of the scanning mirror surface and a horizontal plane remains unchanged, but a position of the scanning mirror surface in the horizontal direction is successively changed so that a reflection direction of the laser beam is successively changed such that a scanning line may be generated.
- the normal of each of the scanning mirror surfaces forms a space angle with the scanning axis. If all the space angles are identical, the scanning lines generated from the same laser emitting unit via the reflection of the different scanning mirror surfaces coincide with each other, i.e., only one scanning line is generated actually. However, in the present disclosure, the space angles are not all the same, and for the same laser emitting unit, the angles between the normals of the different scanning mirror surfaces and the horizontal plane are not all the same. Accordingly, during the rotation process of the scanning prism 1 , the scanning lines generated from the same laser emitting unit via the reflection of the different scanning mirror surfaces do not completely coincide with each other, that is, a plurality of scanning lines may be generated.
- the scanning prism 1 has four scanning mirror surfaces, each of which has a normal P.
- the scanning axis O and the normal P of each scanning mirror surface form one space angle, and a total of four space angles are formed.
- the four space angles ⁇ I, ⁇ 2 , ⁇ 3 and ⁇ 4 are not all the same.
- the four space angles may be different from each other, i.e., there are not two identical angels among the space angles ⁇ I, ⁇ 2 , ⁇ 3 and ⁇ 4 .
- the four space angles preferably have a relationship of being sequentially decremented by the same angular difference.
- the angular difference is 1°
- the four space angles may be 91°, 90°, 89° and 88°, respectively, so as to facilitate the uniform distribution of the scanning lines generated by the same laser emitting unit via the reflection of the different scanning mirror surfaces.
- FIG. 5A shows a schematic sectional view of the scanning mirror surface having the space angle of 91°, an upper end of the scanning mirror surface being inclined apart from the scanning axis.
- FIG. 5B shows a schematic sectional view of the scanning mirror surface having the space angle of 90°, the scanning mirror surface being parallel to the scanning axis.
- FIG. 5C shows a schematic sectional view of the scanning mirror surface having the space angle of 89°, an upper end of the scanning mirror surface being inclined slightly close to the scanning axis.
- FIG. 5D shows a schematic sectional view of the scanning mirror surface having the space angle of 88°, an upper end of the scanning mirror surface being inclined closer to the scanning axis on the basis of FIG. 5C .
- FIGS. 5A-5D show schematic views in which the scanning mirror surfaces with all the space angles rotate to face the transceiver assembly 2 respectively.
- the position of the transceiver assembly 2 relative to the scanning axis is fixed, the laser beam of the transceiver assembly is emitted at a fixed position and angle. Since directions of the normals of the four scanning mirror surfaces are different, light rays are reflected in different directions.
- the scanning mirror surfaces 2 rotate about the scanning axis 1 , the scanning lines S 1 , S 2 , S 3 and S 4 differently distributed spatially may be generated correspondingly.
- the scanning lines S 1 , S 2 , S 3 and S 4 keep extending substantially in the horizontal direction, and the four scanning lines are arranged in a vertical direction.
- the scanning line S 1 is the schematic scanning line generated by the scanning mirror surface with the space angle of 88° in FIG. 5D
- the scanning line S 2 is the schematic scanning line generated by the scanning mirror surface with the space angle of 89° in FIG. 5C
- the scanning line S 3 is the schematic scanning line generated by the scanning mirror surface with the space angle of 90° in FIG. 5B
- the scanning line S 4 is the schematic scanning line generated by the scanning mirror surface with the space angle of 91° in FIG. 5A .
- the emitted emergent light beam may generate four scanning lines with rotation of the multi-surface scanning mirror surface, and the number of the scanning lines of the LiDAR device is increased.
- the scanning mirror surfaces with the same space angles generate the same one scanning line.
- the same scanning mirror surface not only reflects the laser beams, but also receives a signal light returned after the laser beams are irradiated on a target in an environment, and reflects the signal light to the laser receiving unit corresponding to the laser emitting unit emitting the laser beams, thereby completing the laser scanning.
- the scanning mirror surface 101 of the scanning prism reflects the laser beam emitted by the laser emitting unit 201 in the transceiver assembly 2 to the target A, the signal light (a dotted line in FIG. 5F ) generated by diffuse reflection of the target A is reflected by the scanning mirror surface 101 , and then received by the laser receiving unit 202 used together with the laser emitting unit 2 , and thus laser scanning is achieved.
- the present disclosure adopts a parallel optical path design in which the emergent light and the incident signal light share the same one scanning surface, so that an optical path is bent fewer number of times, with a small error, and collects the light rays more accurately, with a high system efficiency.
- the laser may be considered to be emitted in synchronization with the reception of the signal light, and synchronous scanning is achieved.
- the transceiver assembly 2 a plurality of laser emitting units and the same number of laser receiving units as the laser emitting units may be provided. Emission elevation angles of the laser beams of the laser emitting units each are different one another, and the emission elevation angle is an angle between each the laser beam and the horizontal plane.
- the transceiver assembly 2 further includes a lens group (not shown) to collimate the laser beams and the signal lights.
- the four laser emitting units are taken as an example. There may also be other numbers, such as eight, and the number is not limited thereto. As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B , the four laser emitting units are arranged vertically, all the laser beams of the four laser emitting units are located in the same emergent plane M, and the laser beams in the same transceiver assembly have different emission elevation angles. In the case where the four space angles are different each other, the four laser emitting units may generate sixteen scanning lines.
- the four laser beams of FIG. 6A are arranged in a divergent state, and the four laser beams of FIG. 6B are arranged in a convergent state.
- the laser scanning device may also include two transceiver assemblies 2 , 3 .
- the laser beams generated by the respective laser emitting units of the two transceiver assemblies are reflected by different scanning mirror surfaces and then emitted outside of the laser scanning device.
- the laser beam generated by the transceiver assembly 2 and the laser beam generated by the transceiver assembly 3 are irradiated on two scanning mirror surfaces of the scanning prism 1 respectively, then reflected, emitted outside of the laser scanning device, and then emitted outside of the LiDAR device.
- FIG. 7A shows a schematic overall view of a rotating field of view of the scanning prism 1 , and is a top view of FIG. 3B .
- FIGS. 7B-7E show schematic stepwise views of the rotating field of view of FIG. 7A .
- a coordinate system is established with a center point of a section of the scanning axis O inside the scanning prism 1 as an origin, wherein the scanning axis O is a z axis, and an x axis and a y axis are established in the horizontal plane.
- the same vertex of the scanning prism 1 rotates and passes through four positions A, B, C and D sequentially when the scanning prism 1 is rotated clockwise, i.e., experiences the situations shown in FIGS. 7B-7E successively.
- A represents an initial position at which the scanning prism 1 is arranged vertically
- B represents a position at which the scanning prism 1 is rotated relative to A by an angle less than 45 degrees
- C represents a position at which the scanning prism 1 is rotated relative to A by an angle greater than 45 degrees and less than 90 degrees
- D represents a position at which the scanning prism 1 is rotated relative to A by 90 degrees.
- the transceiver assemblies 2 , 3 are located on two sides of the scanning prism 1 respectively, the transceiver assembly 2 generates the laser beam L 2 , and the transceiver assembly 3 generates the laser beam L 3 . Both the laser beam L 2 and L 3 are parallel to the y axis.
- the laser beam L 2 is incident on the scanning mirror surface perpendicularly, and is reflected back along the original path.
- a scan range of the transceiver assembly 2 is advanced towards the ⁇ y-axis direction with respect to the position A.
- the scanning prism 1 When the scanning prism 1 is located at the position C, the scanning prism 1 has been rotated by more than 45 degrees relative to the position A, the reflected light is rotated by more than 90 degrees, and the scan range is across the x axis, covering a field of view belonging to the ⁇ y axis, and reaching a boundary of a field of view of the transceiver assembly 2 for one side of the scanning mirror surface. As the scanning prism 1 keeps rotating to the position D, a scanning process for the adjacent scanning mirror surface is started, and is a repetition of the scanning process for the positions A-C.
- the laser beam L 3 is incident on the current scanning mirror surface perpendicularly, and is reflected back along the original path.
- the scanning prism 1 is rotated to the position B, the laser beam L 3 is incident on the adjacent scanning mirror surface and reaches a boundary of a field of view of L 3 for one side of the adjacent scanning mirror surface, and the boundary of the field of view is across the x axis, covering the field of view belonging to the +y axis.
- the scanning prism 1 is rotated to the position C, the scan range of the transceiver assembly 3 withdraws towards the ⁇ y-axis direction with respect to the position B.
- the scanning process for the next scanning mirror surface is started, and is a repetition of the scanning process for the positions A-C.
- the laser beams L 2 and L 3 are incident onto two opposite scanning mirror surfaces respectively, and at the positions B,C, the laser beams L 2 and L 3 are incident onto two adjacent scanning mirror surfaces respectively.
- each of the transceiver assemblies scans back and forth in respective scanning fields of view, and the scanning fields of view of different transceiver assemblies are not all the same in the horizontal direction, thereby expanding the horizontal field of view of the laser scanning device.
- dotted portions in FIG. 7A illustrate the scanning field-of-view ranges of the two transceiver assemblies 2 , 3 with one laser beam as an example respectively. From FIG.
- the two-dimensional scanning is implemented by using the scanning prism which rotates one-dimensionally in cooperation with changes in the space angles of all scanning surfaces.
- the scan range covers two directions at the same time, and the goal of increasing the scan range is achieved with an elaborate scanning structure, such that the scanning process is simple and efficient.
- the laser emitting unit(s) of a portion of the transceiver assemblies is located above the laser receiving unit, and the laser receiving unit(s) of the other portion of the transceiver assemblies is located above the laser emitting unit. That is, the laser emitting unit of the transceiver assembly 2 is located above the laser receiving unit, and the laser receiving unit of the transceiver assembly 3 is located above the laser emitting unit, such that signals are received accurately, and errors are avoided.
- FIG. 8A is a schematic view of the scanning lines of the transceiver assembly 2 in the case where four laser emitting units are provided, four space angles of the scanning prism are different one another, and the emission elevation angles of the four laser emitting units are also different one another. At this point, there are 4 ⁇ 4 scanning lines, i.e., scanning lines S 1 -S 16 .
- the positions where the scanning lines are arranged may be adjusted according to the emission elevation angle of the laser beam of each of the laser emitting units, specific value of the space angle of each of the scanning mirror surfaces, and spatial-attitude angles of the transceiver assemblies relative to the scanning axis. For example, by adjusting the specific value of the emission elevation angle, some of the scanning lines are overlapped.
- Axial heights of the two transceiver assemblies 2 , 3 along the scanning axis of the scanning prism may be set to be the same or different, the transceiver assemblies 2 , 3 may have the same number of the laser emitting units, and may be vertically arranged, and the emission elevation angles of the laser emitting units at corresponding positions in the two transceiver assemblies may be the same or different one another, so as to adjust the arrangement of the scanning lines.
- the overall elevation angles of each of the transceiver assemblies may be set to be the same as or different from that of other transceiver assemblies, so as to adjust the arrangement of the scanning lines, and the overall elevation angles are angles between the whole transceiver assemblies and the horizontal plane.
- the spatial-attitude angles may include, but are not limited to, the axial heights of the transceiver assemblies along the scanning axis, the emission elevation angles, and orienting directions.
- more than four scanning lines may still be generated, such that the number of the scanning lines is greater than that of the laser emitting units.
- the above shows the case of the scanning lines generated on the side of the transceiver assembly 2 , and the same principle applies to the side of the transceiver assembly 3 .
- the transceiver assemblies 2 , 3 each include four laser emitting units, and the eight laser emitting units have different emission elevation angles from each other, i.e., there is an angle between any two laser beams among the laser beams.
- the transceiver assemblies 2 , 3 each generate sixteen scanning lines, the scanning fields of view are partially overlapped, and the scanning lines in the overlapping portion are staggered from each other, so that the number of the scanning lines in the overlapping portion is doubled, and data obtained in the field-of-view area of the overlapping portion will be more abundant and sufficient.
- scanning lines may also be obtained by adjusting the emission elevation angle of each of the laser emitting units of each of the transceiver assemblies 2 , 3 , the specific value of the space angle of each of the scanning mirror surfaces, the specific position where each of the transceiver assemblies is disposed, and the projection direction of the laser beam of each the transceiver assemblies according to actual needs, which falls within the disclosed scope of the present disclosure.
- the transceiver assembly may also include other numbers of laser emitting units, which is also within the disclosed scope of the present disclosure.
- the laser beams of the laser emitting units of the transceiver assemblies 2 , 3 may keep the same horizontal angle ⁇ with respect to the y axis, i.e., the transceiver assemblies 2 , 3 are symmetrically disposed relative to the scanning axis.
- a dashed line is kept being parallel to the y axis.
- the laser beams of the laser emitting units of the transceiver assemblies 2 , 3 may also keep different horizontal angles with respect to the y axis, i.e., the orienting directions of the transceiver assemblies relative to the scanning axis may be different. By setting the specific values of the horizontal angles, the range and position of the overlapped field of view may be controlled.
- transceiver assemblies are provided, and more transceiver assemblies may also be provided in the present disclosure to further expand the field of view in the horizontal direction.
- the number of the transceiver assemblies provided on each side may be further expanded.
- a transceiver assembly 3 ′ is disposed right above the transceiver assembly 3 , and projection directions, scanning processes and utilized scanning surfaces of the laser beams are all the same as those of the transceiver assembly 3 , to increase the number of the scanning lines.
- a transceiver assembly 2 ′ may be disposed right above the transceiver assembly 2 for use in cooperation with the transceiver assembly 3 ′.
- a third transceiver assembly 4 which generates a laser beam L 4 may further be provided on the basis of the embodiment shown in FIG. 9 .
- the transceiver assemblies 3 and 4 may be disposed at different heights relative to the scanning axis.
- the field of view of the third transceiver assembly 4 is mainly located in the ⁇ x ⁇ y region, thereby expanding the field of view of the laser scanning device in the horizontal direction.
- the scanning fields of view of the transceiver assemblies 3 , 4 may be abutted upon each other or coincide, and the fields of view of the transceiver assemblies 2 , 3 , 4 are abutted upon each other successively to form a complete field of view which covers the horizontal field of view, located between 180 degrees and 270 degrees, thereby further improving the scanning capability and efficiency of the laser scanning device.
- a fourth transceiver assembly 5 may further be provided on the basis of the embodiment shown in FIG. 10 , the field of view of which is mainly located in the ⁇ x+y region, thereby expanding the field of view of the laser scanning device in the horizontal direction.
- the scanning fields of view of the transceiver assemblies 2 , 5 may be abutted upon each other or coincide, and the fields of view of the transceiver assemblies 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 are abutted upon each other successively to form a complete field of view which covers the horizontal field of view, located between 270 degrees and 360 degrees, thereby further improving the scanning capability and efficiency of the laser scanning device.
- the number and position of the transceiver assemblies can be set in other manners according to actual needs, and are all within the disclosed scope of the present disclosure.
- a multi-surface scanning mirror surface stated in CN201720413010.7 may also be used.
- the present disclosure further discloses a scanning method, including:
- transceiver assembly including a laser emitting unit and a laser receiving unit
- the scanning mirror surface reflects, to the laser receiving unit corresponding to the laser emitting unit generating the scanning line, a signal light corresponding to the scanning line and returned by a target.
- At least two transceiver assemblies are provided, and the scanning fields of view of the transceiver assemblies are partially overlapped.
- At least three transceiver assemblies are disposed around the scanning prism, and the fields of view of all the transceiver assemblies are abutted upon each other successively to form a continuous field of view.
- H_Angle ⁇ 2 * theta + alpha ( 0 ⁇ theta ⁇ 360 / N ) 2 * ( theta - 360 / N ) + alpha ( 360 / N ⁇ theta ⁇ 2 * 360 / N ) 2 * ( theta - 2 * 360 / N ) + alpha ( 2 * 360 / N ⁇ theta ⁇ 3 * 360 / N ) M 2 * ( theta - ( N - 1 ) * 360 / N ) + alpha ( ( N - 1 ) * 360 / N ⁇ theta ⁇ N * 360 / N ) ( 1 )
- V_Angle Lidar_Angle ⁇ ⁇ ( Lidar_NUM ) + Mirror_Angle ( 2 )
- X Range * cos ⁇ ( V_Angle * D ⁇ ⁇ 2 ⁇ ⁇ Rad ) * cos ⁇ ( H_Angle * D ⁇ ⁇ 2 ⁇ ⁇ Rad ) ( 3
- H_Angle is an angle between a projection of the emergent light in the horizontal plane and the x axis
- V_Angle is an angle between the emergent light and the horizontal plane
- N is the number of the scanning mirror surfaces of the scanning prism
- Lidar_NUM is a serial number of the laser emitting unit
- Lidar_Angle (Lidar_NUM) is an angle between the laser beam of the laser emitting unit with the serial number of Lidar_NUM and the horizontal plane, i.e., the emitting emission elevation angle.
- Mirror_Angle is an angle between the normal of the scanning mirror surface generating the emergent light and the horizontal plane, i.e., a mirror surface dip angle.
- Alpha is an angle between the x axis and the projection of the emergent light in the horizontal plane in a clockwise direction when a rotation angle of the scanning prism is O
- Range is a ranging value of the emergent light measured by the LiDAR device.
- D2Rad is a constant
- X, Y, and Z are three-dimensional coordinates of the target reflecting the emergent light respectively.
- theta is the rotation angle of the scanning prism
- theta is 360—the rotation angle of the prism.
- the rotation angle of the scanning prism may be obtained by reading data of rotation of a coded disc of the scanning prism, ranging from 0 to 360.
- the mirror surface dip angle of each scanning mirror surface is given, and meanwhile each emission elevation angle is also given.
- the above formulas (1), (2) are used for calculating angle parameters of the emergent light at any time when the scanning prism keeps rotating.
- the above formulas (3)-(5) are used for calculating position data of the target to which the emergent light is projected at any time when the scanning prism keeps rotating.
- FIG. 9 shows the position where the rotation angle is 0.
- the laser beam L 2 is irradiated on the first scanning mirror surface
- the laser beam L 3 is irradiated on the third scanning mirror surface.
- the scanning mirror surface in the +x direction is the second scanning mirror surface
- the scanning mirror surface in the ⁇ x direction is the fourth scanning mirror surface.
- the angle ⁇ of the laser beam L 2 is 30 degrees
- the angle ⁇ of the laser beam L 3 is also 30 degrees
- the angles of the emergent lights of the laser beams L 2 and L 3 with respect to the x axis are 60 degrees respectively. That is, alpha of the laser beam L 2 is 300 degrees, and alpha of the laser beam L 3 is 60 degrees.
- the V_Angle of the emergent light of the laser beam L 2 is the sum of the emission elevation angle of the laser emitting unit of the laser beam L 2 and the mirror surface dip angle of the first scanning mirror surface.
- the V_Angle of the emergent light of the laser beam L 3 is the sum of the emission elevation angle of the laser emitting unit of the laser beam L 3 and the mirror surface dip angle of the second scanning mirror surface.
- the V_Angle of the emergent light of the laser beam L 2 is the sum of the emission elevation angle of the laser emitting unit of the laser beam L 2 and the mirror surface dip angle of the fourth scanning mirror surface.
- the V_Angle of the emergent light of the laser beam L 3 is the sum of the emission elevation angle of the laser emitting unit of the laser beam L 3 and the mirror surface dip angle of the first scanning mirror surface.
- the V_Angle of the emergent light of the laser beam L 2 is the sum of the emission elevation angle of the laser emitting unit of the laser beam L 2 and the mirror surface dip angle of the third scanning mirror surface.
- the V_Angle of the emergent light of the laser beam L 3 is the sum of the emission elevation angle of the laser emitting unit of the laser beam L 3 and the mirror surface dip angle of the fourth scanning mirror surface.
- theta 315 degrees
- the laser beam L 2 faces the second scanning mirror surface
- the laser beam L 3 faces the third scanning mirror surface.
- the V_Angle of the emergent light of the laser beam L 2 is the sum of the emission elevation angle of the laser emitting unit of the laser beam L 2 and the mirror surface dip angle of the second scanning mirror surface.
- the V_Angle of the emergent light of the laser beam L 3 is the sum of the emission elevation angle of the laser emitting unit of the laser beam L 3 and the mirror surface dip angle of the third scanning mirror surface.
- the mirror surface dip angle of the mirror surface and the emission elevation angle are positive when the light rays are raised towards the +z direction along the horizontal plane, and negative when the light rays are pressed down towards the ⁇ z direction along the horizontal plane.
- the LiDAR device may expand the horizontal field of view, double the scanning lines due to the superimposition of partial fields of view, and obtain accurate target position information based on the structure.
- transceiver assemblies 4 , 5 of FIGS. 10 and 11 also conform to the above-mentioned formulas (1)-(5).
- the scanning prism has other numbers of scanning mirror surfaces, such as a triangular prism and a pentagonal prism, the principle is the same as that of the above-mentioned quadrangular prism, and not repeated herein.
- a portion with higher data accuracy may be selected, from the current field-of-view range, as a working scanning field of view of the LiDAR device.
- a method for selecting the portion with the higher accuracy as the working scanning field of view according to requirements includes:
- step 1 at which the scanning prism is rotated to pass through a first angle, a second angle, a third angle and a fourth angle sequentially in a process of rotating by 360/N degrees; when the scanning prism is detected to rotate to the first angle, the signal light of the first transceiver assembly for the first scanning mirror surface is obtained;
- the first angle is obtained by rotating the scanning prism to the position A
- the second angle is obtained by rotating the scanning prism to the position B
- the third angle is obtained by rotating the scanning prism to the position C
- the fourth angle is obtained by rotating the scanning prism to the position D
- N is the number of scanning mirror surfaces
- the LiDAR device has a rotation detecting device configured to detect the rotation angle of the scanning prism
- step 2 at which when the scanning prism is detected to rotate to the second angle, the signal light of the second transceiver assembly for the second scanning mirror surface is obtained;
- step 3 at which when the scanning prism is detected to rotate to the third angle, the signal light of the first transceiver assembly for the first scanning mirror surface is stopped obtaining;
- step 4 at which when the scanning prism is detected to rotate to the fourth angle, the signal light of the second transceiver assembly for the second scanning mirror surface is stopped obtaining.
- the transceiver assembly 2 may obtain scanning data generated in the process of rotation from the position A to the position C.
- the transceiver assembly 3 may obtain scanning data generated in the process of rotation from the position B to the position D.
- the transceiver assembly 2 may drive the laser emitting unit of the first transceiver assembly to start emitting the emergent light when the scanning prism is rotated to the position A, and stop driving the laser emitting unit of the first transceiver assembly to emit the emergent light when the scanning prism is rotated to the position C.
- the transceiver assembly 3 may drive the laser emitting unit of the second transceiver assembly to start emitting the emergent light when the scanning prism is rotated to the position B, and stop driving the laser emitting unit of the second transceiver assembly to emit the emergent light when the scanning prism is rotated to the position D.
- Specific position information of the above-mentioned positions A, B, C, and D may also be selected as needed, so as to take the portion with the highest precision as the working scanning field of view.
- a center point of the triangular prism is located at the coordinate origin of the three-dimensional coordinate system.
- the rotation angle is 0, the x axis is perpendicular to the triangle bottom of the cross section of the triangular prism, and the laser beam L 2 is incident in a direction perpendicular to the y axis, and the laser beam L 3 is incident in a direction that may connect the lower right vertex and the center point of the cross section.
- the range of the scanning field of view of the laser beam L 2 is shown in FIG. 12B , and if calculated clockwise, the range is between 60 degrees and 300 degrees with respect to the x axis.
- the range of the scanning field of view of the laser beam L 3 is shown in FIG. 12C , and if calculated clockwise, the range is between 180 degrees and 420 degrees with respect to the x axis.
- the maximum overlapping range is between 180 and 300 degrees with respect to the x axis.
- the scanning prism rotates to 0 degree, the scanning data of the laser beam L 3 starts to be obtained, and at this point, the emergent light of the laser beam L 3 and the x axis have an angle of 180 degrees.
- the scanning prism rotates to 60 degrees the scanning data of the laser beam L 2 starts to be obtained, and at this point, the emergent light of the laser beam L 2 and the x axis have an angle of 180 degrees.
- the scanning prism rotates to 60 degrees the scanning data of the laser beam L 3 is stopped obtaining, and at this point, the emergent light of the laser beam L 3 and the x axis have an angle of 300 degrees.
- the scanning prism rotates to 120 degrees the scanning data of the laser beam L 2 is stopped obtaining, and at this point, the emergent light of the laser beam L 2 and the x axis have an angle of 300 degrees.
- the maximum overlapping range between the laser beams L 2 and L 3 is obtained accurately.
- the required range may be expanded or narrowed as a working scanning field of view.
- the scanning prism rotates to 5 degrees the scanning data of the laser beam L 3 starts to be obtained, and at this point, the emergent light of the laser beam L 3 and the x axis have an angle of 190 degrees; when the scanning prism rotates to 10 degrees, the scanning data of the laser beam L 2 starts to be obtained, and at this point, the emergent light of the laser beam L 2 and the x axis have an angle of 80 degrees; when the scanning prism rotates to 105 degrees, the scanning data of the laser beam L 3 is stopped obtaining, and at this point, the emergent light of the laser beam L 3 and the x axis have an angle of 390 degrees; when the scanning prism rotates to 110 degrees, the scanning data of the laser beam L 2 is stopped obtaining, and at this point, the emergent light of the laser beam L 2 and the x axis have an angle of 280 degrees. At this point, the range from 190 degrees to 280 degrees with respect to the x axis is an overlapped field of view,
- a LiDAR device with other numbers of scanning mirror surfaces has a scanning process in the similar way.
- the technical problem solved by the present disclosure is to increase the number of scanning lines of the laser scanning device based on a limited number of laser emitting units, further expand a horizontal scanning field of view of the laser scanning device, and further increase the number of scanning lines of a center scanning field of view of the laser scanning device.
- the present disclosure discloses a laser scanning device, including: a scanning prism, including a plurality of scanning mirror surfaces, wherein the plurality of scanning mirror surfaces are configured to rotate about a scanning axis, a normal of each of the scanning mirror surfaces forms a space angle with the scanning axis, and the values of all the space angles are not all the same; a transceiver assembly, including a laser emitting unit and a laser receiving unit, wherein the laser emitting unit is configured to generate a scanning line by rotation of the scanning mirror surfaces, and the same laser emitting unit is configured to generate a plurality of scanning lines by rotation of the scanning prism.
- the laser scanning device includes at least two transceiver assemblies scanning fields of view of which are partially overlapped. Or the laser scanning device includes at least three transceiver assemblies which are disposed around the scanning prism, and the fields of view of which are abutted upon each other successively to form a continuous field of view.
- At least some of the transceiver assemblies are symmetrically dispose relative to the scanning axis. Spatial-attitude angles of the transceiver assemblies relative to the scanning axis each are different or the same. Axial heights of the transceiver assemblies along the scanning axis are different or the same.
- the scanning prism includes three, four, five or six scanning mirror surfaces. The space angles are decremented by a same angular difference.
- Each of the transceiver assemblies includes a plurality of laser emitting units and a plurality of laser receiving units, wherein each laser emitting unit is configured to emit a laser beam, and angles are formed between any two the laser beams. The laser beams are arranged in a divergent state or a convergent state.
- the same scanning mirror surface not only reflects achieves the laser beams, but also receives a signal light returned after the laser beams are irradiated on a target, and reflects the signal light to the laser receiving unit corresponding to the laser emitting unit emitting the laser beams.
- the present disclosure discloses a LiDAR device, including the laser scanning device.
- the present disclosure further discloses a scanning method of the LiDAR device, further including: providing a transceiver assembly including a laser emitting unit and a laser receiving unit; rotating a scanning prism with a plurality of scanning mirror surfaces about a scanning axis; projecting a laser beam by the laser emitting unit to the scanning mirror surfaces, and generating scanning lines by rotating the scanning mirror surfaces, wherein a normal of each of the scanning mirror surfaces forms a space angle with the scanning axis, and the values of the space angles each are not all the same, such that the same laser emitting unit generates the plural scanning lines .
- the method includes reflecting, by the scanning mirror surface, to the laser receiving unit corresponding to the laser emitting unit generating the scanning line, a signal light corresponding to the scanning line and returned by a target.
- the method includes an emergent light generated after the laser beam projected by the laser emitting unit towards the scanning prism is reflected conforming to the following formula:
- a coordinate system is established with a center point of a section of the scanning axis in the scanning prism as a coordinate origin, the scanning axis as a z axis, an x axis and a y axis are established in a horizontal plane
- H_Angle is an angle between a projection of the emergent light in the horizontal plane and the x axis
- V_Angle is an angle between the emergent light and the horizontal plane
- N is the number of the scanning mirror surfaces of the scanning prism
- Lidar_NUM is a serial number of the laser emitting unit
- Lidar_Angle (Lidar_NUM) is an angle between the laser beam of the laser emitting unit with the serial number of Lidar_NUM and the horizontal plane
- Mirror_Angle is an angle between the normal of the scanning mirror surface generating the emergent light and the horizontal plane
- alpha is an angle between the x axis and the projection of the emergent light in the horizontal plane in a clockwise direction when
- the method includes the scanning prism rotating to pass through a first angle, a second angle, a third angle and a fourth angle sequentially in a process of rotating by 360/N degrees;
- the step of obtaining the signal light of the first transceiver assembly for the first scanning mirror surface further includes: driving the laser emitting unit of the first transceiver assembly to project the laser beam; wherein the step of stopping obtaining the signal light of the first transceiver assembly for the first scanning mirror surface further includes: stopping driving the laser emitting unit of the first transceiver assembly to project the laser beam.
- the horizontal scanning field of view of the LiDAR device can be expanded.
- the number of the scanning lines of the LiDAR device can be increased.
- the number of the scanning lines of the central scanning field of view of the LiDAR device can be increased, and the scanning data of the central field of view can be enriched.
- a small number of laser emitting units can be used for generating scanning lines with a number exceeding the number of the configured laser emitting units, the number of the components inside the LiDAR device may be decreased, and component arrangement, volume compression and cost reduction may be facilitated.
Abstract
Description
- This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2018/000144, filed on Apr. 18, 2018, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. CN201720413010.7 filed on Apr. 19, 2017 and Chinese Patent Application No. CN201711043161.9, filed on Oct. 31, 2017, both of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.
- The present disclosure relates to the field of three-dimensional laser scanning, and in particular, to a laser scanning device, a radar device and a scanning method thereof.
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FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of a scanning device in a LiDAR of U.S. Pat. No. 8,767,190B2. - In the scanning device, a
motherboard 20 is provided on aframe 22.Plural emitter hybrids 30 are sequentially inserted onto themotherboard 20, andplural detector hybrids 32 are sequentially inserted onto themotherboard 20. Theplural emitter hybrids 30 are provided in a vertical direction, and theplural detector hybrids 32 are provided in the vertical direction. Theemitter hybrids 30 each is provided with one emitter, and thedetector hybrids 32 each is provided with one detector. Theframe 22 spins to obtain a 360-degree scanning field of view. -
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a laser scanning device in a prior art. The laser scanning device generates an emergent light by a laser emitting unit to generate a scanning line. As shown inFIG. 2 , the laser scanning device includes ascanning tower mirror 40 and a transmittinglens group 50. Thescanning tower mirror 40 rotates about a rotation axis X. The transmittinglens group 50 is disposed in parallel with a top surface of thescanning tower mirror 40. Thescanning tower mirror 40 is a standard quadrangular tower mirror. - The emergent light L emitted by the
laser emitting unit 60 is transmitted through the transmittinglens group 50, then reflected by an inclined surface of thescanning tower mirror 40, and emitted outside of the laser scanning device accordingly. An incident light L′ generated by diffuse reflection of an obstacle is a light beam, is converged by the transmittinglens group 50 and then received by alaser receiving unit 70. - A position of the
laser emitting unit 60 relative to thescanning tower mirror 40 is unchanged. As thescanning tower mirror 40 rotates, the emergent light L scans to and fro within a certain angle field of view. - The present disclosure discloses a laser scanning device, including: a scanning prism, including a plurality of scanning mirror surfaces, wherein the plurality of scanning mirror surfaces are configured to rotate about a scanning axis, a normal of each of the scanning mirror surfaces forms a space angle with the scanning axis, and the values of all the space angles are not all the same; a transceiver assembly, including a laser emitting unit and a laser receiving unit, wherein the laser emitting unit is configured to generate a scanning line by rotation of the scanning mirror surfaces, and the same laser emitting unit is configured to generate a plurality of scanning lines by rotation of the scanning prism.
- The present disclosure discloses a LiDAR device, including the laser scanning device.
- The present disclosure further discloses a scanning method of the LiDAR device, further including: providing a transceiver assembly including a laser emitting unit and a laser receiving unit; rotating a scanning prism with a plurality of scanning mirror surfaces about a scanning axis; projecting a laser beam by the laser emitting unit to the scanning mirror surfaces, and generating scanning lines by rotating the scanning mirror surfaces, wherein a normal of each of the scanning mirror surfaces forms a space angle with the scanning axis, and the values of the space angles each are not all the same, such that the same laser emitting unit generates the plural scanning lines.
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FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of a scanning device in a LiDAR of U.S. Pat. No. 8767190B2. -
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a laser scanning device in a prior art. -
FIGS. 3A and 3B show schematic views of a main structure of a laser scanning device according to the present disclosure. -
FIG. 4 shows a schematic view of a main structure of a scanning prism according to the present disclosure. -
FIGS. 5A-5D show schematic sectional views of scanning mirror surfaces at various space angles. -
FIG. 5E shows a schematic view of scanning lines generated by the scanning mirror surfaces inFIGS. 5A-5D . -
FIG. 5F shows a schematic view of a light path of a transceiver assembly relative to one scanning mirror surface. -
FIG. 6A shows a schematic view in which laser beams are arranged in a divergent state. -
FIG. 6B shows a schematic view in which the laser beams are arranged in a convergent state. -
FIG. 7A shows a schematic overall view of a rotating field of view of the scanning prism. -
FIGS. 7B-7E show schematic stepwise views of the rotating field of view ofFIG. 7A . -
FIGS. 8A and 8B show schematic views of the scanning lines. -
FIG. 9 shows a schematic structural view of a laser scanning device with two transceiver assemblies. -
FIG. 10 shows a schematic structural view of a laser scanning device with three transceiver assemblies. -
FIG. 11 shows a schematic structural view of a laser scanning device with four transceiver assemblies. -
FIG. 12A shows a schematic structural view of a laser scanning device with a triangular prism. -
FIGS. 12B and 12C show schematic views of a scan range on the basis ofFIG. 12A . - The implementation process of the technical solution of the present disclosure will be described below in conjunction with specific embodiments, without limiting the present disclosure.
- Inventor of present disclosure found that according to the above structure, only one scanning line may be acquired by arranging each
emitter hybrid 30, i.e., if 64 scanning lines are to be acquired, 64emitter hybrids 30 and 64detector hybrids 32 are required to be provided, and the number of components required to be provided inside the device is large, which does not facilitate volume compression and cost reduction. - However, with increasingly wide applications of the LiDAR, application scenarios are becoming more and more sophisticated, and the volume compression and cost reduction have been commonly pursued technically in the industry.
- Further, if the laser emitting units may generate the scanning lines the number of which exceeds that of laser emitting units, the number of components inside the apparatus may be decreased, and the component arrangement, volume compression and cost reduction may be facilitated.
- In addition to the above-mentioned problem urgent to be solved, there also exist the following problems.
- In the technical solution of the prior art, the scanning field of view is rather limited. Taking
FIG. 2 as an example, an effective scanning field of view is less than 90 degrees. How to further expand the scanning field of view to adapt to a more diverse practical demanding scenarios is a problem to be solved urgently at present. -
FIGS. 3A and 3B show schematic views of a main structure of a laser scanning device according to the present disclosure.FIG. 4 shows a schematic view of a main structure of a scanning prism according to the present disclosure. In order to clearly demonstrate technical improvements of the present disclosure, structures of well-known parts, such as a component for scanning driving, or the like, are not shown in the drawings. - As a main optical structure of the LiDAR device, the laser scanning device is an optical basis for achieving laser scanning. In addition to the laser scanning device, the LiDAR device further includes other well-known components, such as processing module a battery module, or the like.
- As shown in
FIG. 3A , the laser scanning device according to the present disclosure includes ascanning prism 1 and atransceiver assembly 2. - The
scanning prism 1 may include a plurality of scanning mirror surfaces, all of which rotate about a scanning axis O. Specifically, thescanning prism 1 may include three, four, five or six scanning mirror surfaces, and the following description will be made by taking four scanning mirror surfaces as an example. - Each transceiver assembly includes a laser emitting unit and a laser receiving unit. The laser beam generated by the laser emitting unit is irradiated on one scanning mirror surface, reflected by the scanning mirror surface and then emitted outside of the LiDAR device. With rotation of the
scanning prism 1, an angle between a normal of the scanning mirror surface and a horizontal plane remains unchanged, but a position of the scanning mirror surface in the horizontal direction is successively changed so that a reflection direction of the laser beam is successively changed such that a scanning line may be generated. - In addition, the normal of each of the scanning mirror surfaces forms a space angle with the scanning axis. If all the space angles are identical, the scanning lines generated from the same laser emitting unit via the reflection of the different scanning mirror surfaces coincide with each other, i.e., only one scanning line is generated actually. However, in the present disclosure, the space angles are not all the same, and for the same laser emitting unit, the angles between the normals of the different scanning mirror surfaces and the horizontal plane are not all the same. Accordingly, during the rotation process of the
scanning prism 1, the scanning lines generated from the same laser emitting unit via the reflection of the different scanning mirror surfaces do not completely coincide with each other, that is, a plurality of scanning lines may be generated. - Specifically, as shown in
FIG. 4 , thescanning prism 1 has four scanning mirror surfaces, each of which has a normal P. The scanning axis O and the normal P of each scanning mirror surface form one space angle, and a total of four space angles are formed. The four space angles ∠I, ∠2, ∠3 and ∠4 are not all the same. - In other words, the four space angles may be different from each other, i.e., there are not two identical angels among the space angles ∠I, ∠2, ∠3 and ∠4. Specifically, the four space angles preferably have a relationship of being sequentially decremented by the same angular difference. For example, the angular difference is 1°, and the four space angles may be 91°, 90°, 89° and 88°, respectively, so as to facilitate the uniform distribution of the scanning lines generated by the same laser emitting unit via the reflection of the different scanning mirror surfaces.
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FIG. 5A shows a schematic sectional view of the scanning mirror surface having the space angle of 91°, an upper end of the scanning mirror surface being inclined apart from the scanning axis. -
FIG. 5B shows a schematic sectional view of the scanning mirror surface having the space angle of 90°, the scanning mirror surface being parallel to the scanning axis. -
FIG. 5C shows a schematic sectional view of the scanning mirror surface having the space angle of 89°, an upper end of the scanning mirror surface being inclined slightly close to the scanning axis. -
FIG. 5D shows a schematic sectional view of the scanning mirror surface having the space angle of 88°, an upper end of the scanning mirror surface being inclined closer to the scanning axis on the basis ofFIG. 5C . -
FIGS. 5A-5D show schematic views in which the scanning mirror surfaces with all the space angles rotate to face thetransceiver assembly 2 respectively. The position of thetransceiver assembly 2 relative to the scanning axis is fixed, the laser beam of the transceiver assembly is emitted at a fixed position and angle. Since directions of the normals of the four scanning mirror surfaces are different, light rays are reflected in different directions. When thescanning mirror surfaces 2 rotate about thescanning axis 1, the scanning lines S1, S2, S3 and S4 differently distributed spatially may be generated correspondingly. As shown inFIG. 5E , the scanning lines S1, S2, S3 and S4 keep extending substantially in the horizontal direction, and the four scanning lines are arranged in a vertical direction. - The scanning line S1 is the schematic scanning line generated by the scanning mirror surface with the space angle of 88° in
FIG. 5D , the scanning line S2 is the schematic scanning line generated by the scanning mirror surface with the space angle of 89° inFIG. 5C , the scanning line S3 is the schematic scanning line generated by the scanning mirror surface with the space angle of 90° inFIG. 5B , and the scanning line S4 is the schematic scanning line generated by the scanning mirror surface with the space angle of 91° inFIG. 5A . - Therefore, even when the
transceiver assembly 2 has only one laser emitting unit, the emitted emergent light beam may generate four scanning lines with rotation of the multi-surface scanning mirror surface, and the number of the scanning lines of the LiDAR device is increased. - In another embodiment, the four space angles of the
scanning prism 1 are the same partially, for example, ∠1=∠2=∠3, and ∠1≠∠4; alternatively, ∠1=∠2, ∠3=∠4, and ∠1≠∠3; alternatively, ∠1=∠2, ∠1≠∠3, ∠1≠∠4, and ∠3≠∠4. - In the case where ∠1=∠2=∠3 and ∠1≠∠4, falling points of the scanning lines generated by the scanning mirror surfaces corresponding to the space angles ∠1, ∠2 and ∠3 are consistent, i.e., the three scanning mirror surfaces can only generate the same one scanning line, the scanning mirror surface corresponding to the space angle ∠4 generates another scanning line, and a total of two scanning lines are generated.
- Similarly, the scanning mirror surfaces with the same space angles generate the same one scanning line. In the case where ∠1=∠2, ∠3=110 4 and ∠1≠∠3, two scanning lines are generated. In the case where ∠1=∠2, ∠1≠∠3, ∠1≠∠4 and ∠3≠∠4, three scanning lines are generated.
- In addition, the same scanning mirror surface not only reflects the laser beams, but also receives a signal light returned after the laser beams are irradiated on a target in an environment, and reflects the signal light to the laser receiving unit corresponding to the laser emitting unit emitting the laser beams, thereby completing the laser scanning. Referring to
FIG. 5F , thescanning mirror surface 101 of the scanning prism reflects the laser beam emitted by thelaser emitting unit 201 in thetransceiver assembly 2 to the target A, the signal light (a dotted line inFIG. 5F ) generated by diffuse reflection of the target A is reflected by thescanning mirror surface 101, and then received by thelaser receiving unit 202 used together with thelaser emitting unit 2, and thus laser scanning is achieved. As such, the present disclosure adopts a parallel optical path design in which the emergent light and the incident signal light share the same one scanning surface, so that an optical path is bent fewer number of times, with a small error, and collects the light rays more accurately, with a high system efficiency. In addition, for the LiDAR device, the laser may be considered to be emitted in synchronization with the reception of the signal light, and synchronous scanning is achieved. - In the
transceiver assembly 2, a plurality of laser emitting units and the same number of laser receiving units as the laser emitting units may be provided. Emission elevation angles of the laser beams of the laser emitting units each are different one another, and the emission elevation angle is an angle between each the laser beam and the horizontal plane. Thetransceiver assembly 2 further includes a lens group (not shown) to collimate the laser beams and the signal lights. - The four laser emitting units are taken as an example. There may also be other numbers, such as eight, and the number is not limited thereto. As shown in
FIGS. 6A and 6B , the four laser emitting units are arranged vertically, all the laser beams of the four laser emitting units are located in the same emergent plane M, and the laser beams in the same transceiver assembly have different emission elevation angles. In the case where the four space angles are different each other, the four laser emitting units may generate sixteen scanning lines. The four laser beams ofFIG. 6A are arranged in a divergent state, and the four laser beams ofFIG. 6B are arranged in a convergent state. - In another embodiment, the laser scanning device may also include two
transceiver assemblies - The laser beams generated by the respective laser emitting units of the two transceiver assemblies are reflected by different scanning mirror surfaces and then emitted outside of the laser scanning device. As shown in
FIG. 3B , the laser beam generated by thetransceiver assembly 2 and the laser beam generated by thetransceiver assembly 3 are irradiated on two scanning mirror surfaces of thescanning prism 1 respectively, then reflected, emitted outside of the laser scanning device, and then emitted outside of the LiDAR device. -
FIG. 7A shows a schematic overall view of a rotating field of view of thescanning prism 1, and is a top view ofFIG. 3B .FIGS. 7B-7E show schematic stepwise views of the rotating field of view ofFIG. 7A . - A coordinate system is established with a center point of a section of the scanning axis O inside the
scanning prism 1 as an origin, wherein the scanning axis O is a z axis, and an x axis and a y axis are established in the horizontal plane. The same vertex of thescanning prism 1 rotates and passes through four positions A, B, C and D sequentially when thescanning prism 1 is rotated clockwise, i.e., experiences the situations shown inFIGS. 7B-7E successively. - As shown in
FIG. 7B , A represents an initial position at which thescanning prism 1 is arranged vertically, B represents a position at which thescanning prism 1 is rotated relative to A by an angle less than 45 degrees, C represents a position at which thescanning prism 1 is rotated relative to A by an angle greater than 45 degrees and less than 90 degrees, and D represents a position at which thescanning prism 1 is rotated relative to A by 90 degrees. - The
transceiver assemblies scanning prism 1 respectively, thetransceiver assembly 2 generates the laser beam L2, and thetransceiver assembly 3 generates the laser beam L3. Both the laser beam L2 and L3 are parallel to the y axis. - When the
scanning prism 1 is located at the position A, the laser beam L2 is incident on the scanning mirror surface perpendicularly, and is reflected back along the original path. With rotation of thescanning prism 1, when the scanning prism is located at the position B, a scan range of thetransceiver assembly 2 is advanced towards the −y-axis direction with respect to the position A. When thescanning prism 1 is located at the position C, thescanning prism 1 has been rotated by more than 45 degrees relative to the position A, the reflected light is rotated by more than 90 degrees, and the scan range is across the x axis, covering a field of view belonging to the −y axis, and reaching a boundary of a field of view of thetransceiver assembly 2 for one side of the scanning mirror surface. As thescanning prism 1 keeps rotating to the position D, a scanning process for the adjacent scanning mirror surface is started, and is a repetition of the scanning process for the positions A-C. - When the
scanning prism 1 is located at the position A, the laser beam L3 is incident on the current scanning mirror surface perpendicularly, and is reflected back along the original path. As thescanning prism 1 is rotated to the position B, the laser beam L3 is incident on the adjacent scanning mirror surface and reaches a boundary of a field of view of L3 for one side of the adjacent scanning mirror surface, and the boundary of the field of view is across the x axis, covering the field of view belonging to the +y axis. When thescanning prism 1 is rotated to the position C, the scan range of thetransceiver assembly 3 withdraws towards the −y-axis direction with respect to the position B. As thescanning prism 1 keeps rotating to the position D, the scanning process for the next scanning mirror surface is started, and is a repetition of the scanning process for the positions A-C. - At the positions A, D, the laser beams L2 and L3 are incident onto two opposite scanning mirror surfaces respectively, and at the positions B,C, the laser beams L2 and L3 are incident onto two adjacent scanning mirror surfaces respectively.
- According to the above description about the scanning situation, since the two transceiver assemblies are disposed in the laser scanning device simultaneously, and each of the transceiver assemblies achieves reflection via different scanning mirror surfaces, each of the transceiver assemblies scans back and forth in respective scanning fields of view, and the scanning fields of view of different transceiver assemblies are not all the same in the horizontal direction, thereby expanding the horizontal field of view of the laser scanning device. Specifically, dotted portions in
FIG. 7A illustrate the scanning field-of-view ranges of the twotransceiver assemblies FIG. 7A , it can be seen that the scanning fields of view of the two transceiver assemblies are overlapped partially in the vicinity of the x axis, i.e., the fields of view of the two transceiver assemblies are abutted upon each other, and the horizontal field of view is expanded in the horizontal direction. - In the present disclosure, the two-dimensional scanning is implemented by using the scanning prism which rotates one-dimensionally in cooperation with changes in the space angles of all scanning surfaces. The scan range covers two directions at the same time, and the goal of increasing the scan range is achieved with an elaborate scanning structure, such that the scanning process is simple and efficient.
- In addition, in one embodiment, the laser emitting unit(s) of a portion of the transceiver assemblies is located above the laser receiving unit, and the laser receiving unit(s) of the other portion of the transceiver assemblies is located above the laser emitting unit. That is, the laser emitting unit of the
transceiver assembly 2 is located above the laser receiving unit, and the laser receiving unit of thetransceiver assembly 3 is located above the laser emitting unit, such that signals are received accurately, and errors are avoided. - Further,
FIG. 8A is a schematic view of the scanning lines of thetransceiver assembly 2 in the case where four laser emitting units are provided, four space angles of the scanning prism are different one another, and the emission elevation angles of the four laser emitting units are also different one another. At this point, there are 4×4 scanning lines, i.e., scanning lines S1-S16. - In actual operations, the positions where the scanning lines are arranged may be adjusted according to the emission elevation angle of the laser beam of each of the laser emitting units, specific value of the space angle of each of the scanning mirror surfaces, and spatial-attitude angles of the transceiver assemblies relative to the scanning axis. For example, by adjusting the specific value of the emission elevation angle, some of the scanning lines are overlapped. Axial heights of the two
transceiver assemblies transceiver assemblies - Other arrangements of the scanning lines are obtained by adjusting the emission elevation angle of each of the laser emitting units, the spatial angle of each of the scanning mirror surfaces and the specific value of the spatial-attitude angle of each of the transceiver assemblies according to actual needs, which falls within the disclosed scope of the present disclosure.
- In the case where some of the four space angles are the same, but not all the same, similarly, reference may be made to the foregoing technical solution, more than four scanning lines may still be generated, such that the number of the scanning lines is greater than that of the laser emitting units.
- The above shows the case of the scanning lines generated on the side of the
transceiver assembly 2, and the same principle applies to the side of thetransceiver assembly 3. In cooperation with the solution ofFIG. 7A , assuming that thetransceiver assemblies transceiver assemblies - Other arrangements of the scanning lines may also be obtained by adjusting the emission elevation angle of each of the laser emitting units of each of the
transceiver assemblies - The transceiver assembly may also include other numbers of laser emitting units, which is also within the disclosed scope of the present disclosure.
- In addition, in some embodiments, the laser beams of the laser emitting units of the
transceiver assemblies transceiver assemblies - Referring to
FIG. 9 , a dashed line is kept being parallel to the y axis. In addition, the laser beams of the laser emitting units of thetransceiver assemblies - In the above technical solutions, two transceiver assemblies are provided, and more transceiver assemblies may also be provided in the present disclosure to further expand the field of view in the horizontal direction.
- Firstly, as shown in
FIG. 3B , the number of the transceiver assemblies provided on each side may be further expanded. For example, atransceiver assembly 3′ is disposed right above thetransceiver assembly 3, and projection directions, scanning processes and utilized scanning surfaces of the laser beams are all the same as those of thetransceiver assembly 3, to increase the number of the scanning lines. Similarly, atransceiver assembly 2′ may be disposed right above thetransceiver assembly 2 for use in cooperation with thetransceiver assembly 3′. - In another embodiment, as shown in
FIG. 10 , athird transceiver assembly 4 which generates a laser beam L4 may further be provided on the basis of the embodiment shown inFIG. 9 . In order to prevent thetransceiver assembly 3 itself from shielding the field of view of the laser beam L4, thetransceiver assemblies - As in the above-mentioned embodiments, the field of view of the
third transceiver assembly 4 is mainly located in the −x−y region, thereby expanding the field of view of the laser scanning device in the horizontal direction. - By selecting a specific value of a horizontal angle β between the laser beam L4 and a parallel line of the x axis, or by integrally selecting the values of α and β in
FIG. 10 , and setting the emission elevation angles of the laser beams, the specific value of the space angle of each of the scanning mirror surfaces and the specific values of the positions of the transceiver assemblies according to the optical principle and actual needs, the scanning fields of view of thetransceiver assemblies transceiver assemblies - Similarly, as shown in
FIG. 11 , afourth transceiver assembly 5 may further be provided on the basis of the embodiment shown inFIG. 10 , the field of view of which is mainly located in the −x+y region, thereby expanding the field of view of the laser scanning device in the horizontal direction. - By selecting a specific value of a horizontal angle β between the laser beam L5 and the parallel line of the x axis, or by integrally selecting the values of α and β in
FIG. 11 , and selecting other parameters, the scanning fields of view of thetransceiver assemblies transceiver assemblies - The number and position of the transceiver assemblies can be set in other manners according to actual needs, and are all within the disclosed scope of the present disclosure.
- As the
scanning prism 1 of the present disclosure, a multi-surface scanning mirror surface stated in CN201720413010.7 may also be used. - In addition, based on the above-mentioned structure, the present disclosure further discloses a scanning method, including:
- providing a transceiver assembly including a laser emitting unit and a laser receiving unit;
- rotating a scanning prism with a plurality of scanning mirror surfaces about a scanning axis; and
- projecting a laser beam by the laser emitting unit to the scanning mirror surfaces, and rotating the scanning mirror surfaces to generate scanning lines, wherein a normal of each of the scanning mirror surfaces forms a space angle with the scanning axis, and the values of all the space angles are not all the same, such that the same one laser emitting unit generates the plural scanning lines.
- Further, the scanning mirror surface reflects, to the laser receiving unit corresponding to the laser emitting unit generating the scanning line, a signal light corresponding to the scanning line and returned by a target.
- At least two transceiver assemblies are provided, and the scanning fields of view of the transceiver assemblies are partially overlapped.
- Or, at least three transceiver assemblies are disposed around the scanning prism, and the fields of view of all the transceiver assemblies are abutted upon each other successively to form a continuous field of view.
- The emergent light generated after the laser beam projected by the laser emitting unit towards the scanning prism is reflected conforms to the following formula:
-
- wherein H_Angle is an angle between a projection of the emergent light in the horizontal plane and the x axis, V_Angle is an angle between the emergent light and the horizontal plane, N is the number of the scanning mirror surfaces of the scanning prism, Lidar_NUM is a serial number of the laser emitting unit, and Lidar_Angle (Lidar_NUM) is an angle between the laser beam of the laser emitting unit with the serial number of Lidar_NUM and the horizontal plane, i.e., the emitting emission elevation angle. Mirror_Angle is an angle between the normal of the scanning mirror surface generating the emergent light and the horizontal plane, i.e., a mirror surface dip angle. Alpha is an angle between the x axis and the projection of the emergent light in the horizontal plane in a clockwise direction when a rotation angle of the scanning prism is O, and Range is a ranging value of the emergent light measured by the LiDAR device. D2Rad is a constant, and X, Y, and Z are three-dimensional coordinates of the target reflecting the emergent light respectively. When the scanning prism rotates clockwise, theta is the rotation angle of the scanning prism, and when the scanning prism rotates counterclockwise, theta is 360—the rotation angle of the prism. The rotation angle of the scanning prism may be obtained by reading data of rotation of a coded disc of the scanning prism, ranging from 0 to 360. The mirror surface dip angle of each scanning mirror surface is given, and meanwhile each emission elevation angle is also given.
- The above formulas (1), (2) are used for calculating angle parameters of the emergent light at any time when the scanning prism keeps rotating. The above formulas (3)-(5) are used for calculating position data of the target to which the emergent light is projected at any time when the scanning prism keeps rotating.
- Taking
FIG. 9 as an example, the scanning prism rotates clockwise, the scanning prism has four mirror surfaces, N=4, andFIG. 9 shows the position where the rotation angle is 0. At this point, the laser beam L2 is irradiated on the first scanning mirror surface, and the laser beam L3 is irradiated on the third scanning mirror surface. InFIG. 9 , the scanning mirror surface in the +x direction is the second scanning mirror surface, and the scanning mirror surface in the −x direction is the fourth scanning mirror surface. For example, inFIG. 9 , the angle α of the laser beam L2 is 30 degrees, the angle α of the laser beam L3 is also 30 degrees, and therefore the angles of the emergent lights of the laser beams L2 and L3 with respect to the x axis are 60 degrees respectively. That is, alpha of the laser beam L2 is 300 degrees, and alpha of the laser beam L3 is 60 degrees. - When the scanning prism rotates by 45 degrees, theta=45 degrees, the laser beam L2 faces the first scanning mirror surface, and the laser beam L3 faces the second scanning mirror surface, so that the H_Angle of the emergent light of the laser beam L2 is 2×45+300=390 degrees, and the H_Angle of the emergent light of the laser beam L3 is 2×45+60=150 degrees.
- The V_Angle of the emergent light of the laser beam L2 is the sum of the emission elevation angle of the laser emitting unit of the laser beam L2 and the mirror surface dip angle of the first scanning mirror surface. The V_Angle of the emergent light of the laser beam L3 is the sum of the emission elevation angle of the laser emitting unit of the laser beam L3 and the mirror surface dip angle of the second scanning mirror surface.
- When the scanning prism rotates by 135 degrees, theta=135 degrees, the laser beam L2 faces the fourth scanning mirror surface, the laser beam L3 faces the first scanning mirror surface, and the scanning mirror surface that actually reflects the light rays has been changed. With regard to the current scanning mirror surface that actually reflects the light rays, the H_Angle of the emergent light of the laser beam L2 is 2×(135−90)+300=390 degrees, and the H_Angle of the emergent light of the laser beam L3 is 2×(135−90)+60=150 degrees.
- The V_Angle of the emergent light of the laser beam L2 is the sum of the emission elevation angle of the laser emitting unit of the laser beam L2 and the mirror surface dip angle of the fourth scanning mirror surface. The V_Angle of the emergent light of the laser beam L3 is the sum of the emission elevation angle of the laser emitting unit of the laser beam L3 and the mirror surface dip angle of the first scanning mirror surface.
- When the scanning prism rotates by 225 degrees, theta=225 degrees, the laser beam L2 faces the third scanning mirror surface, and the laser beam L3 faces the fourth scanning mirror surface. Similarly, the H_Angle of the emergent light of the laser beam L2 is 2×(225−180)+300=390 degrees, and the H_Angle of the emergent light of the laser beam L3 is 2×(225−180)+60=150 degrees.
- The V_Angle of the emergent light of the laser beam L2 is the sum of the emission elevation angle of the laser emitting unit of the laser beam L2 and the mirror surface dip angle of the third scanning mirror surface. The V_Angle of the emergent light of the laser beam L3 is the sum of the emission elevation angle of the laser emitting unit of the laser beam L3 and the mirror surface dip angle of the fourth scanning mirror surface.
- When the scanning prism rotates by 315 degrees, theta=315 degrees, the laser beam L2 faces the second scanning mirror surface, and the laser beam L3 faces the third scanning mirror surface. Similarly, the H_Angle of the emergent light of the laser beam L2 is 2×(315−270)+300=390 degrees, and the H_Angle of the emergent light of the laser beam L3 is 2×(315−270)+60=150 degrees.
- The V_Angle of the emergent light of the laser beam L2 is the sum of the emission elevation angle of the laser emitting unit of the laser beam L2 and the mirror surface dip angle of the second scanning mirror surface. The V_Angle of the emergent light of the laser beam L3 is the sum of the emission elevation angle of the laser emitting unit of the laser beam L3 and the mirror surface dip angle of the third scanning mirror surface.
- The mirror surface dip angle of the mirror surface and the emission elevation angle are positive when the light rays are raised towards the +z direction along the horizontal plane, and negative when the light rays are pressed down towards the −z direction along the horizontal plane.
- With the above-mentioned structure, the LiDAR device may expand the horizontal field of view, double the scanning lines due to the superimposition of partial fields of view, and obtain accurate target position information based on the structure.
- The
transceiver assemblies FIGS. 10 and 11 also conform to the above-mentioned formulas (1)-(5). - In addition, when the scanning prism has other numbers of scanning mirror surfaces, such as a triangular prism and a pentagonal prism, the principle is the same as that of the above-mentioned quadrangular prism, and not repeated herein.
- In an actual process of operation of the LiDAR device, a portion with higher data accuracy may be selected, from the current field-of-view range, as a working scanning field of view of the LiDAR device.
- In conjunction with related descriptions of
FIG. 7A , a method for selecting the portion with the higher accuracy as the working scanning field of view according to requirements includes: -
step 1, at which the scanning prism is rotated to pass through a first angle, a second angle, a third angle and a fourth angle sequentially in a process of rotating by 360/N degrees; when the scanning prism is detected to rotate to the first angle, the signal light of the first transceiver assembly for the first scanning mirror surface is obtained; - referring to
FIG. 7A , the first angle is obtained by rotating the scanning prism to the position A, the second angle is obtained by rotating the scanning prism to the position B, the third angle is obtained by rotating the scanning prism to the position C, the fourth angle is obtained by rotating the scanning prism to the position D, and N is the number of scanning mirror surfaces; the LiDAR device has a rotation detecting device configured to detect the rotation angle of the scanning prism; -
step 2, at which when the scanning prism is detected to rotate to the second angle, the signal light of the second transceiver assembly for the second scanning mirror surface is obtained; -
step 3, at which when the scanning prism is detected to rotate to the third angle, the signal light of the first transceiver assembly for the first scanning mirror surface is stopped obtaining; and -
step 4, at which when the scanning prism is detected to rotate to the fourth angle, the signal light of the second transceiver assembly for the second scanning mirror surface is stopped obtaining. - That is, the
transceiver assembly 2 may obtain scanning data generated in the process of rotation from the position A to the position C. Thetransceiver assembly 3 may obtain scanning data generated in the process of rotation from the position B to the position D. - Under the control of the driving device, the
transceiver assembly 2 may drive the laser emitting unit of the first transceiver assembly to start emitting the emergent light when the scanning prism is rotated to the position A, and stop driving the laser emitting unit of the first transceiver assembly to emit the emergent light when the scanning prism is rotated to the position C. Meanwhile, under the control of the driving device, thetransceiver assembly 3 may drive the laser emitting unit of the second transceiver assembly to start emitting the emergent light when the scanning prism is rotated to the position B, and stop driving the laser emitting unit of the second transceiver assembly to emit the emergent light when the scanning prism is rotated to the position D. - Specific position information of the above-mentioned positions A, B, C, and D, i.e., the first to fourth angles, may also be selected as needed, so as to take the portion with the highest precision as the working scanning field of view.
- Taking the triangular prism as an example, as shown in
FIG. 12A , a center point of the triangular prism is located at the coordinate origin of the three-dimensional coordinate system. When the rotation angle is 0, the x axis is perpendicular to the triangle bottom of the cross section of the triangular prism, and the laser beam L2 is incident in a direction perpendicular to the y axis, and the laser beam L3 is incident in a direction that may connect the lower right vertex and the center point of the cross section. - The range of the scanning field of view of the laser beam L2 is shown in
FIG. 12B , and if calculated clockwise, the range is between 60 degrees and 300 degrees with respect to the x axis. The range of the scanning field of view of the laser beam L3 is shown inFIG. 12C , and if calculated clockwise, the range is between 180 degrees and 420 degrees with respect to the x axis. - As such, an overlapping field of view exists, and the maximum overlapping range is between 180 and 300 degrees with respect to the x axis.
- The scanning prism is rotated to the first angle of 0 degree, the second angle of 60 degrees, the third angle of 60 degrees and the fourth angle of 120 degrees sequentially in the process of rotating by 360/3=120 degrees.
- When the scanning prism rotates to 0 degree, the scanning data of the laser beam L3 starts to be obtained, and at this point, the emergent light of the laser beam L3 and the x axis have an angle of 180 degrees. When the scanning prism rotates to 60 degrees, the scanning data of the laser beam L2 starts to be obtained, and at this point, the emergent light of the laser beam L2 and the x axis have an angle of 180 degrees. When the scanning prism rotates to 60 degrees, the scanning data of the laser beam L3 is stopped obtaining, and at this point, the emergent light of the laser beam L3 and the x axis have an angle of 300 degrees. When the scanning prism rotates to 120 degrees, the scanning data of the laser beam L2 is stopped obtaining, and at this point, the emergent light of the laser beam L2 and the x axis have an angle of 300 degrees.
- In the above-mentioned embodiment, the maximum overlapping range between the laser beams L2 and L3 is obtained accurately. In addition, the required range may be expanded or narrowed as a working scanning field of view.
- For example, the scanning prism is rotated to the first angle of 5 degree, the second angle of 10 degrees, the third angle of 105 degrees and the fourth angle of 110 degrees sequentially in the process of rotating by 360/3=120 degrees.
- When the scanning prism rotates to 5 degrees, the scanning data of the laser beam L3 starts to be obtained, and at this point, the emergent light of the laser beam L3 and the x axis have an angle of 190 degrees; when the scanning prism rotates to 10 degrees, the scanning data of the laser beam L2 starts to be obtained, and at this point, the emergent light of the laser beam L2 and the x axis have an angle of 80 degrees; when the scanning prism rotates to 105 degrees, the scanning data of the laser beam L3 is stopped obtaining, and at this point, the emergent light of the laser beam L3 and the x axis have an angle of 390 degrees; when the scanning prism rotates to 110 degrees, the scanning data of the laser beam L2 is stopped obtaining, and at this point, the emergent light of the laser beam L2 and the x axis have an angle of 280 degrees. At this point, the range from 190 degrees to 280 degrees with respect to the x axis is an overlapped field of view, and a horizontal field of view with total 310 degrees may be obtained.
- A LiDAR device with other numbers of scanning mirror surfaces has a scanning process in the similar way.
- In summary, the technical problem solved by the present disclosure is to increase the number of scanning lines of the laser scanning device based on a limited number of laser emitting units, further expand a horizontal scanning field of view of the laser scanning device, and further increase the number of scanning lines of a center scanning field of view of the laser scanning device.
- The present disclosure discloses a laser scanning device, including: a scanning prism, including a plurality of scanning mirror surfaces, wherein the plurality of scanning mirror surfaces are configured to rotate about a scanning axis, a normal of each of the scanning mirror surfaces forms a space angle with the scanning axis, and the values of all the space angles are not all the same; a transceiver assembly, including a laser emitting unit and a laser receiving unit, wherein the laser emitting unit is configured to generate a scanning line by rotation of the scanning mirror surfaces, and the same laser emitting unit is configured to generate a plurality of scanning lines by rotation of the scanning prism.
- The laser scanning device includes at least two transceiver assemblies scanning fields of view of which are partially overlapped. Or the laser scanning device includes at least three transceiver assemblies which are disposed around the scanning prism, and the fields of view of which are abutted upon each other successively to form a continuous field of view.
- At least some of the transceiver assemblies are symmetrically dispose relative to the scanning axis. Spatial-attitude angles of the transceiver assemblies relative to the scanning axis each are different or the same. Axial heights of the transceiver assemblies along the scanning axis are different or the same. The scanning prism includes three, four, five or six scanning mirror surfaces. The space angles are decremented by a same angular difference. Each of the transceiver assemblies includes a plurality of laser emitting units and a plurality of laser receiving units, wherein each laser emitting unit is configured to emit a laser beam, and angles are formed between any two the laser beams. The laser beams are arranged in a divergent state or a convergent state.
- The same scanning mirror surface not only reflects achieves the laser beams, but also receives a signal light returned after the laser beams are irradiated on a target, and reflects the signal light to the laser receiving unit corresponding to the laser emitting unit emitting the laser beams.
- The present disclosure discloses a LiDAR device, including the laser scanning device.
- The present disclosure further discloses a scanning method of the LiDAR device, further including: providing a transceiver assembly including a laser emitting unit and a laser receiving unit; rotating a scanning prism with a plurality of scanning mirror surfaces about a scanning axis; projecting a laser beam by the laser emitting unit to the scanning mirror surfaces, and generating scanning lines by rotating the scanning mirror surfaces, wherein a normal of each of the scanning mirror surfaces forms a space angle with the scanning axis, and the values of the space angles each are not all the same, such that the same laser emitting unit generates the plural scanning lines .
- The method includes reflecting, by the scanning mirror surface, to the laser receiving unit corresponding to the laser emitting unit generating the scanning line, a signal light corresponding to the scanning line and returned by a target.
- The method includes an emergent light generated after the laser beam projected by the laser emitting unit towards the scanning prism is reflected conforming to the following formula:
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- wherein a coordinate system is established with a center point of a section of the scanning axis in the scanning prism as a coordinate origin, the scanning axis as a z axis, an x axis and a y axis are established in a horizontal plane, H_Angle is an angle between a projection of the emergent light in the horizontal plane and the x axis, V_Angle is an angle between the emergent light and the horizontal plane, N is the number of the scanning mirror surfaces of the scanning prism, Lidar_NUM is a serial number of the laser emitting unit, Lidar_Angle (Lidar_NUM) is an angle between the laser beam of the laser emitting unit with the serial number of Lidar_NUM and the horizontal plane, Mirror_Angle is an angle between the normal of the scanning mirror surface generating the emergent light and the horizontal plane, alpha is an angle between the x axis and the projection of the emergent light in the horizontal plane in a clockwise direction when a rotation angle of the scanning prism is 0, Range is a ranging value of the emergent light measured by the LiDAR device, D2Rad is a constant, and X, Y, and Z are three-dimensional coordinates of the target reflecting the emergent light respectively, wherein when the scanning prism rotates clockwise, theta is the rotation angle of the scanning prism, and when the scanning prism rotates counterclockwise, theta is 360—the rotation angle of the prism.
- The method includes the scanning prism rotating to pass through a first angle, a second angle, a third angle and a fourth angle sequentially in a process of rotating by 360/N degrees;
- when the scanning prism is detected to rotate to the first angle, obtaining the signal light of the first transceiver assembly for the first scanning mirror surface; when the scanning prism is detected to rotate to the second angle, obtaining the signal light of the second transceiver assembly for the second scanning mirror surface; when the scanning prism is detected to rotate to the third angle, stopping obtaining the signal light of the first transceiver assembly for the first scanning mirror surface; and when the scanning prism is detected to rotate to the fourth angle, stopping obtaining the signal light of the second transceiver assembly for the second scanning mirror surface.
- In the method, the step of obtaining the signal light of the first transceiver assembly for the first scanning mirror surface further includes: driving the laser emitting unit of the first transceiver assembly to project the laser beam; wherein the step of stopping obtaining the signal light of the first transceiver assembly for the first scanning mirror surface further includes: stopping driving the laser emitting unit of the first transceiver assembly to project the laser beam.
- The horizontal scanning field of view of the LiDAR device can be expanded. The number of the scanning lines of the LiDAR device can be increased. Further, the number of the scanning lines of the central scanning field of view of the LiDAR device can be increased, and the scanning data of the central field of view can be enriched. A small number of laser emitting units can be used for generating scanning lines with a number exceeding the number of the configured laser emitting units, the number of the components inside the LiDAR device may be decreased, and component arrangement, volume compression and cost reduction may be facilitated.
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