ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,203, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to AURORA OPERATIONS INC. (Pittsburgh).
"LIDAR system" was invented by Edward Joseph Angus (Bozeman, Mont.) and Ryan Moore Galloway (Bozeman, Mont.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A LIDAR system includes a first polygon scanner, a second polygon scanner, and an optic. The first polygon scanner includes a plurality of first facets around an axis of rotation. The second polygon scanner includes plurality of second facets that are outward from the plurality of first facets relative to the axis of rotation. The optic is inward from the first polygon scanner relative to the axis of rotation. The optic is ...