ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,554, issued on June 10, was assigned to LUMINAR TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Orlando, Fla.).
"Compact galvanometer mirror design" was invented by Daniel Aaron Mohr (St. Paul, Minn.) and Kevin A. Gomez (Eden Prairie, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implementations described and claimed herein provide a mechanically-scanning 3-dimensional light detection and ranging (3D LiDAR) system including a galvo mirror attached to an armature of a galvanometer to reflect a light signal generated by a light generator, the galvanometer comprising at least one permanent magnet, at least one coil configured to carry current to move the armature, wherein t...