ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,732, issued on April 15, was assigned to Y.E. Hub Armenia LLC (Yerevan, Armenia).
"LIDAR systems and methods" was invented by Yury Nikolaevich Peryev (d. Staryye Vysli, Russia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A LIDAR system including an emitter configured to emit at least one light beam; a detector configured for receiving light reflected from surrounding objects; and a rotatable scanning element including a reflective prism having at least four faces inclined relative to the axis of rotation, and a transmission element connected to the reflective prism, the transmission element having an exterior edge portion extending around the axis ...