[go: up one dir, main page]
More Web Proxy on the site http://driver.im/

WO2018176972A1 - 一种激光雷达装置及其通道选通方法 - Google Patents

一种激光雷达装置及其通道选通方法 Download PDF

Info

Publication number
WO2018176972A1
WO2018176972A1 PCT/CN2018/000123 CN2018000123W WO2018176972A1 WO 2018176972 A1 WO2018176972 A1 WO 2018176972A1 CN 2018000123 W CN2018000123 W CN 2018000123W WO 2018176972 A1 WO2018176972 A1 WO 2018176972A1
Authority
WO
WIPO (PCT)
Prior art keywords
laser
semiconductor lasers
receiving
semiconductor
circuit board
Prior art date
Application number
PCT/CN2018/000123
Other languages
English (en)
French (fr)
Inventor
张智武
Original Assignee
北科天绘（苏州）激光技术有限公司
北京图来激光科技有限公司
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from CN201710213213.6A external-priority patent/CN107085207B/zh
Priority claimed from CN201710654507.2A external-priority patent/CN109387819A/zh
Application filed by 北科天绘（苏州）激光技术有限公司, 北京图来激光科技有限公司 filed Critical 北科天绘（苏州）激光技术有限公司
Publication of WO2018176972A1 publication Critical patent/WO2018176972A1/zh
Priority to US16/589,078 priority Critical patent/US20200033450A1/en

Links

Images

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S7/00—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00
    • G01S7/48—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S17/00
    • G01S7/481—Constructional features, e.g. arrangements of optical elements
    • G01S7/4811—Constructional features, e.g. arrangements of optical elements common to transmitter and receiver
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S17/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves, e.g. lidar systems
    • G01S17/02—Systems using the reflection of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves
    • G01S17/06—Systems determining position data of a target
    • G01S17/08—Systems determining position data of a target for measuring distance only
    • G01S17/10—Systems determining position data of a target for measuring distance only using transmission of interrupted, pulse-modulated waves
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S17/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves, e.g. lidar systems
    • G01S17/02—Systems using the reflection of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves
    • G01S17/06—Systems determining position data of a target
    • G01S17/08—Systems determining position data of a target for measuring distance only
    • G01S17/10—Systems determining position data of a target for measuring distance only using transmission of interrupted, pulse-modulated waves
    • G01S17/18—Systems determining position data of a target for measuring distance only using transmission of interrupted, pulse-modulated waves wherein range gates are used
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S17/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves, e.g. lidar systems
    • G01S17/02—Systems using the reflection of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves
    • G01S17/06—Systems determining position data of a target
    • G01S17/42—Simultaneous measurement of distance and other co-ordinates
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S7/00—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00
    • G01S7/48—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S17/00
    • G01S7/481—Constructional features, e.g. arrangements of optical elements
    • G01S7/4814—Constructional features, e.g. arrangements of optical elements of transmitters alone
    • G01S7/4815—Constructional features, e.g. arrangements of optical elements of transmitters alone using multiple transmitters
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S7/00—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00
    • G01S7/48—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S17/00
    • G01S7/481—Constructional features, e.g. arrangements of optical elements
    • G01S7/4816—Constructional features, e.g. arrangements of optical elements of receivers alone
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S7/00—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00
    • G01S7/48—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S17/00
    • G01S7/481—Constructional features, e.g. arrangements of optical elements
    • G01S7/4817—Constructional features, e.g. arrangements of optical elements relating to scanning
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S7/00—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00
    • G01S7/48—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S17/00
    • G01S7/483—Details of pulse systems
    • G01S7/484—Transmitters
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S7/00—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00
    • G01S7/48—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S17/00
    • G01S7/481—Constructional features, e.g. arrangements of optical elements
    • G01S7/4811—Constructional features, e.g. arrangements of optical elements common to transmitter and receiver
    • G01S7/4813—Housing arrangements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S7/00—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00
    • G01S7/48—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S17/00
    • G01S7/483—Details of pulse systems
    • G01S7/486—Receivers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S7/00—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00
    • G01S7/48—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S17/00
    • G01S7/483—Details of pulse systems
    • G01S7/486—Receivers
    • G01S7/4861—Circuits for detection, sampling, integration or read-out
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S7/00—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00
    • G01S7/48—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S17/00
    • G01S7/491—Details of non-pulse systems
    • G01S7/4912—Receivers
    • G01S7/4913—Circuits for detection, sampling, integration or read-out
    • G01S7/4914—Circuits for detection, sampling, integration or read-out of detector arrays, e.g. charge-transfer gates
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00—Semiconductor lasers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00—Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/02—Structural details or components not essential to laser action
    • H01S5/022—Mountings; Housings
    • H01S5/023—Mount members, e.g. sub-mount members
    • H01S5/02325—Mechanically integrated components on mount members or optical micro-benches
    • H01S5/02326—Arrangements for relative positioning of laser diodes and optical components, e.g. grooves in the mount to fix optical fibres or lenses

Definitions

  • the invention relates to the field of multi-channel laser measurement, in particular to a laser radar device and a channel gating method thereof.
  • a scanning array in a laser radar of U.S. Patent Application No. 8767190 B2 is shown in Figures 1 and 2.
  • the mother board 20 is disposed on the frame 22.
  • the plurality of emission panels 30 are sequentially inserted into the motherboard 20, and the plurality of detection panels 32 are sequentially inserted into the motherboard 20.
  • a plurality of emission panels 30 are disposed in a vertical direction, and a plurality of detection panels 32 are disposed in a vertical direction.
  • Each of the emission panels 30 is provided with a transmitter, and each of the detection panels 32 is provided with a detector.
  • the plurality of detecting panels 32 are integrally arranged in a fan shape to generate a field of view 10 degrees above the horizontal line to 30 degrees below the horizontal line, and the successive plurality of detecting panels are sequentially inclined at an angle setting, so that the continuous The plurality of detection panels are sequentially arranged with respect to a central axis.
  • the plurality of emission panels 30 are symmetrically disposed with the plurality of detection panels 32.
  • the plurality of emission panels 30 are also arranged in a fan shape to generate a field of view 10 degrees above the horizontal line and 30 degrees below the horizontal line.
  • the emission panels are sequentially inclined at an angle such that the plurality of consecutive emission panels are sequentially arranged with respect to a central axis.
  • a disadvantage of the scanning array in the prior art is that each of the transmitting panel 30 and the transmitting panel 32 needs to be individually corrected for its insertion angle with respect to the motherboard 20 during the mounting process.
  • the insertion error of the product must be up to the micron level during the actual installation process, and the process of adjusting the angle between the two plate faces and fixing it at a specific angle is also complicated. Therefore, the installation process corresponding to this structure is complicated, the production efficiency is low, the cost is high, and the yield is low.
  • each emitter or detector of this structure needs to be separately disposed on one panel, and the required number of panels is large, which increases the weight and volume of the system, and it is difficult to realize low cost and miniaturization of the device.
  • the technical problem solved by the invention is to provide a laser radar device, which has the advantages of simple installation process, high efficiency and high yield.
  • the volume is reduced to facilitate low cost and miniaturization of the device.
  • the invention discloses a laser radar device, comprising: a laser emitting device having N semiconductor lasers arranged in an emission array for emitting N outgoing lights, wherein the N semiconductor lasers are disposed on the laser On the M transmitting circuit boards of the transmitting device, M is smaller than N; a transmitting mirror group for adjusting an angle of the N outgoing lights; a receiving mirror group for adjusting an angle of incident light; and a laser receiving device having the laser receiving device N photosensors arranged in a receiving array for receiving incident light adjusted by the receiving mirror group; wherein, the nth position of the semiconductor laser in the transmitting array and the nth photosensor are in the receiving array
  • the laser emitting device has the same or different height as the laser receiving device.
  • the laser emitting device is located directly above or obliquely above the laser receiving device, or the laser receiving device is located directly above or obliquely above the laser emitting device.
  • the laser emitting device further includes: one or more laser emitting modules including a transmitting circuit board vertically disposed, a plurality of the semiconductor lasers, and a driving circuit, wherein the plurality of semiconductor lasers are disposed on the transmitting circuit board
  • the driving circuit is connected to the plurality of semiconductor lasers to drive a plurality of the semiconductor lasers to emit light, and a plurality of light emitting surfaces of the semiconductor lasers are arranged in parallel with the transmitting circuit board; the laser emission control module and the laser emitting The modules are connected to control the driving of the corresponding semiconductor laser by the driving circuit.
  • a plurality of transmitting circuit boards of the plurality of laser emitting modules are disposed in parallel, a plurality of the semiconductor lasers are disposed at one side edge of the transmitting circuit board; or a plurality of transmitting circuit boards of the plurality of laser emitting modules are divided into a plurality of rows, each row In parallel, a plurality of the semiconductor lasers are disposed on one side edge of the transmitting circuit board.
  • the laser emitting device further includes: at least one laser emitting module, the laser emitting module comprising a vertical placement of the transmitting circuit board, the N semiconductor lasers, and a driving circuit, wherein the N semiconductor lasers are disposed on the transmitting circuit board
  • the driving circuit is connected to the plurality of semiconductor lasers to drive the plurality of semiconductor lasers to emit light, and a light-emitting surface composed of a light-emitting direction of each column in the emission array is perpendicular to the transmitting circuit board;
  • the laser emission control module is connected to the laser emission module to control the driving circuit of the laser emission module to drive the corresponding semiconductor laser to emit light.
  • the laser emitting module has one or more of the driving circuits, each of which drives one or more of the semiconductor lasers.
  • the laser emission control module is disposed on the transmission circuit board, or the laser emission control module is disposed on the control circuit board, and the control circuit board is connected to the transmission circuit board through a connector.
  • the direction of any two outgoing light modulated by the transmitting mirror group is different.
  • the laser receiving device comprises: N photosensor units, each of the photosensor units including the photosensor and its peripheral circuit; a vertically placed receiving circuit board on which the N photosensors are disposed; the sensor array A control circuit for controlling the gating of the N photosensors.
  • the light emitting surfaces of the N semiconductor lasers are located on the focal plane of the transmitting mirror group, and the N photosensors are located on the receiving image plane of the receiving mirror group.
  • the invention also discloses a channel gating method, which comprises: sequentially strobing the N semiconductor lasers according to a set order, and when the nth semiconductor laser is gated, the nth photosensor is correspondingly strobed .
  • the method further includes dividing the N semiconductor lasers into a plurality of blocks, sequentially strobing each of the blocks in a predetermined first order, and sequentially stroking each semiconductor in a predetermined second order in each of the blocks Laser.
  • the invention also discloses a laser radar device, the device comprising a optomechanical structure component, a laser ranging module and a 360° scan driving module, wherein: the optomechanical component further comprises a shafting structure and an optical window, The shafting structure is a rotating shaft of the laser ranging module; the laser ranging module comprises a transmitting mirror group, a receiving mirror group, a laser emitting device and a laser receiving device; and the 360° scanning driving module comprises a scanning mechanism and a scan driving And a control circuit, the scanning axis of the scanning mechanism is coaxial with the shaft structure, and drives the laser ranging module to rotate around the shaft structure to realize 360° laser scanning detection; the laser emitting device has N a semiconductor laser arranged in an emission array for emitting N outgoing lights, the N semiconductor lasers being disposed on M transmitting circuit boards of the laser emitting device, M being smaller than N; the transmitting mirror group for adjusting the N out The angle of the light; the receiving mirror is for adjusting the angle of the incident light; the laser receiving device
  • the laser emitting device has the same or different height as the laser receiving device.
  • the laser emitting device further includes: one or more laser emitting modules including a transmitting circuit board vertically disposed, a plurality of the semiconductor lasers, and a driving circuit, wherein the plurality of semiconductor lasers are disposed on the transmitting circuit board
  • the driving circuit is connected to the plurality of semiconductor lasers to drive a plurality of the semiconductor lasers to emit light, and a plurality of light emitting surfaces of the semiconductor lasers are arranged in parallel with the transmitting circuit board; the laser emission control module and the laser emitting The module is connected to control the driving of the corresponding semiconductor laser by the driving circuit;
  • the laser emitting device further includes: at least one laser emitting module, the laser emitting module comprising a vertical placement of the transmitting circuit board, the N semiconductor lasers, and a driving circuit, wherein the N semiconductor lasers are disposed on the transmitting circuit board
  • the driving circuit is connected to the plurality of semiconductor lasers to drive the plurality of semiconductor lasers to emit light, wherein a light emitting surface of each column of the emission array is perpendicular to the transmitting circuit board; a laser emission control module, and the laser The transmitting module is connected to control the driving circuit of the laser emitting module to drive the corresponding semiconductor laser to emit light.
  • the optomechanical structural component is a cylinder or a truncated cone or a cube.
  • the installation process of the invention is simple, the efficiency is high, the yield is high, and the mass production is convenient.
  • the invention realizes integration and miniaturization of the array laser emitting device through circuit integration and electronically controlled scanning, reduces system size and weight, and is convenient to realize low cost and miniaturization of the device.
  • the upper and lower arrangement can further compress the volume to realize a light and small laser radar device.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show schematic diagrams of scanning arrays in a laser radar of U.S. Patent No. 8767190 B2.
  • Fig. 3A is a schematic view showing the structure of a laser radar apparatus of the present invention.
  • Fig. 3B is a schematic view showing the structure of an optical path of the laser radar apparatus of the present invention.
  • Fig. 4 is a schematic view showing the structure of a laser emitting device of the present invention.
  • Fig. 5 is a view showing the structure of another embodiment of the laser emitting device of the present invention.
  • Fig. 6 is a view showing the structure of still another embodiment of the laser emitting device of the present invention.
  • Fig. 7 is a view showing the structure of still another embodiment of the laser emitting device of the present invention.
  • FIG. 8A is a schematic diagram showing the sequential gate emission control mode of the present invention.
  • FIG. 8B is a schematic diagram showing the sequential gating reception control mode of the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of an array laser emitting device and a projection spot array according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG 10 and 17 are views showing the structure of a laser emitting device and a laser receiving device of the present invention.
  • FIG. 11 and 11A are schematic views showing the arrangement of a semiconductor laser and a photosensor of the present invention.
  • Figure 12 is a top plan view of the laser radar apparatus of the embodiment of Figure 3A.
  • Figure 13 is a block diagram showing the structure of the laser radar apparatus of the present invention.
  • Figure 14 is a top plan view of the laser radar apparatus of the embodiment shown in Figure 13.
  • 15 and 16 are schematic plan views of a laser radar apparatus according to still another embodiment.
  • Figure 18 is a schematic view showing the structure of a laser radar apparatus of the present invention.
  • Figure 19 is a schematic view of different structural frames of the optomechanical assembly of the present invention.
  • the invention discloses a laser radar device, which has the advantages of simple installation process, high efficiency and high yield. At the same time, it is possible to reduce the size in order to achieve low cost and miniaturization of the device.
  • FIG. 3A is a schematic structural view of a laser radar apparatus of the present invention, in which other known structures of the laser radar apparatus are omitted.
  • the laser radar device acquires three-dimensional information of the object X in the environment through laser scanning.
  • the laser radar device includes a laser emitting device 100, a transmitting mirror group 60, a receiving mirror group 70, and a laser receiving device 200.
  • the laser emitting device 100 has N semiconductor lasers 1 arranged in an array of emission for emitting N outgoing lights.
  • the present invention reduces the number of transmitting circuit boards and compresses a volume by collectively arranging a plurality of semiconductor lasers on a transmitting circuit board.
  • the emitter group 60 is disposed in front of the laser emitting device 100 for receiving and adjusting the angle of the N outgoing lights.
  • the receiving mirror group 70 is disposed side by side with the transmitting mirror group 60 and disposed in front of the laser receiving device 200, and the receiving mirror group 70 is for adjusting the angle of incident light.
  • the laser receiving device 200 has N photosensors 6 arranged in a receiving array for receiving incident light adjusted by the receiving mirror group 70.
  • Each of the semiconductor lasers has a photosensor corresponding thereto, that is, regardless of how the semiconductor lasers are arranged, the photosensors are arranged in the same manner, and the emitted light emitted by the nth semiconductor laser is reflected by the target and incident thereon.
  • the nth photoelectric sensor, the two work together.
  • the optical parameters of the transmitting mirror group 60 and the receiving mirror group 70 are exactly the same, and the position of the transmitting array relative to the transmitting mirror group 60 is exactly the same as the position of the receiving array with respect to the receiving mirror group 70, so that the transmitting mirror group 60 is
  • the receiving mirror group 70 has a corresponding optical path.
  • the receiving mirror group 60 and the receiving mirror group 70 can also obtain corresponding optical paths by other means, and are not limited thereto.
  • FIG. 3B is a schematic view showing an optical path of the laser radar apparatus of the present invention. Sorting the semiconductor lasers in the transmitting array from top to bottom and right to left, and sorting the photosensors in the receiving array in the same order, then the 13th semiconductor laser in Fig. 3B The light is irradiated by the transmitting mirror group 60, irradiated on the target object, reflected by the target object, and then adjusted by the receiving mirror group 70, and then received by the 13th photoelectric sensor. Other sorting methods are also within the scope of the present disclosure, and other semiconductor lasers operate in the same manner.
  • 4-7 is a schematic structural view of a laser emitting device disclosed in the present invention.
  • the laser emitting device 100 of the present invention includes at least one laser emitting module 10, which further includes a transmitting circuit board 3, a plurality of semiconductor lasers 1, and a driving circuit 2.
  • the plurality of semiconductor lasers 1 are sequentially disposed on the transmitting circuit board 3, and the transmitting circuit board 3 is placed vertically and disposed on a horizontal body (not shown). In an optimized embodiment, the plurality of semiconductor lasers 1 The semiconductor lasers 1 are sequentially disposed on one side edge of the transmitting circuit board 3 to facilitate light emission from the edges of the circuit board.
  • the drive circuit 2 is connected to the plurality of semiconductor lasers 1 to drive the plurality of semiconductor lasers 1 to emit light. In an embodiment, the same drive circuit 2 can drive a plurality of semiconductor lasers 1. In another embodiment, a drive circuit 2 may be separately provided for each semiconductor laser 1 to be driven separately.
  • the bottom surface of the plurality of semiconductor lasers 1 is soldered to the transmitting circuit board 3, and the side surfaces of the plurality of semiconductor lasers 1 emit light, that is, the light-emitting surface D composed of the light-emitting directions of the plurality of semiconductor lasers 1 is parallel to the transmitting circuit board 3 and all the semiconductors
  • the light exiting direction of the laser 1 is directed toward the same side of the board and exits from the edge.
  • any two directions of the outgoing light adjusted by the transmitting mirror group 60 are different.
  • eight semiconductor lasers 1 and corresponding driving circuits are arranged vertically on a transmitting circuit board 3 (the driving circuit is not shown in FIG. 5).
  • the laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser 1 is emitted through the radiation mirror group 60.
  • the eight semiconductor lasers are arranged from top to bottom, with a certain pitch in turn, and each pitch may be the same or different.
  • the center spacing of two adjacent semiconductor lasers 1 may be D1, D1, D2, D3, D3, D2, and D1, respectively, D1>D2>D3.
  • Eight semiconductor lasers are all from the left of the transmitting circuit board 3 in FIG.
  • the side light is emitted, and after being refracted by the transmitting mirror group 60, the laser emitting angles of the eight semiconductor lasers 1 with respect to the AA' line are different, and an angle is sequentially changed to form a laser scanning field angle within a certain angular range, for example, 20°-
  • the laser scans the field of view angle in the range of 30° to achieve an electronically controlled array scan of the target.
  • the optical axes of each of the semiconductor lasers 1 have different pointing directions and positions, and respectively correspond to a partial emission field of view.
  • the pointing and placement positions of the optical axes of each of the semiconductor lasers 1 are set with reference to the transmitting mirror group 60 and the laser emitting optical path design parameters in the system.
  • the light-emitting surface D composed of the light-emitting direction of the semiconductor laser 1 is parallel to the transmitting circuit board 3, and the plurality of semiconductor lasers 1 are located on the same transmitting circuit board 3, in order to adjust the specific light-emitting direction during the mounting process, only The angle of the light emitting side of the semiconductor laser 1 relative to the AA' line of the transmitting circuit board 3 needs to be adjusted and the welding can be performed.
  • the process of adjusting to a certain angle and fixing at the specific angle is simple, high efficiency, high yield, and convenient. Production.
  • the laser emitting device 10 may further include a plurality of laser emitting modules 10, for example, four. As shown in Fig. 6, the four are arranged in parallel, preferably in parallel, and may be stacked and fixed correspondingly. The light exiting directions of all semiconductor lasers are directed to the same side.
  • the eight semiconductor lasers 1 on each laser emitting module 10 are fixedly arranged at different pitches on the transmitting circuit board, and the outgoing light of any two of the 32 semiconductor lasers 1 has different exit angles after being adjusted by the transmitting mirror group 60.
  • a 32-line array laser emitting device of 8 rows x 4 columns was formed. The set angle of the semiconductor laser 1 can be adjusted according to the optical path parameters of the emitter group 60.
  • each of the laser emitting modules 10 is refracted by the transmitting mirror group 60, and the laser emitting angles of the eight semiconductor lasers with respect to the AA' line are different, forming a fan-shaped distribution, so that the laser light is densely emitted.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic structural view of a laser emitting device according to still another embodiment of the present invention.
  • the laser emitting device 100 includes two rows of laser emitting modules 10 as shown in FIG. 6, with the light exiting direction facing the same side. Multiple rows of other rows are also within the scope of the present disclosure.
  • the 64-line array laser emitting device has different light-emitting directions of any two semiconductor lasers, and the laser distribution is more dense.
  • a mode as shown in FIG. 10 is included, which differs from FIG. 3A only in that the laser emitting device 100 includes at least one laser emitting module 10, the laser
  • the transmitting module 10 includes a transmitting circuit board 3 placed vertically, and the N semiconductor lasers are disposed on the transmitting circuit board to form the transmitting array, and the light emitting surface D′ composed of the light outgoing direction of each column in the transmitting array is
  • the transmitting circuit board is vertical, the number of optical sensors and the arrangement are the same as those of the semiconductor laser, and the rest of the arrangement is the same as the previous embodiment.
  • a plurality of the laser emitting modules 10 may also be disposed in parallel, and the semiconductor lasers included in each of the laser emitting modules collectively constitute the transmitting array.
  • the laser emitting device 100 further includes a laser emission control module 5 connected to all the laser emitting modules 10, and the laser emission control module 5 can control one or more semiconductor lasers 1 (LD) and its driving circuit 2,
  • the drive circuit 2 is controlled in accordance with a program setting to drive the corresponding semiconductor laser 1 to sequentially emit laser light in a predetermined order.
  • the laser emission control module 5 performs time-division control of each semiconductor laser to realize laser scanning of the target area.
  • the laser emission control module 5 may be disposed on the transmission circuit board 3, or the laser emission control module may be disposed on a control circuit board (not shown) other than the transmission circuit board 3, and the control circuit board passes through the connector. Connected to the transmitting circuit board 3.
  • the installation process of the invention is simple, high in efficiency, high in yield, and convenient for mass production.
  • the invention realizes integration and miniaturization of the array laser emitting device through circuit integration and electronically controlled scanning, reduces system size and weight, and is convenient to realize low cost and miniaturization of the device.
  • the laser receiving apparatus 200 of the present invention further includes:
  • Each semiconductor laser and corresponding photosensor are regarded as one channel, and each photosensor unit is used to receive an optical signal and realize photoelectric signal conversion.
  • the photosensor of the photosensor unit can be an APD, PIN or other photoelectric conversion detector.
  • a receiving circuit board 7 is placed vertically, and the N photosensors 6 are disposed on the receiving circuit board 7, and the peripheral circuits can be disposed on the receiving circuit board 7 or the auxiliary circuit board 7'.
  • a sensor array control circuit 8 for controlling the gating of the N photosensors 6, the sensor array control circuit 8 may be disposed on the receiving circuit board 7 or the auxiliary circuit board 7', or separately disposed on a control circuit board ( The control circuit board is connected to the receiving circuit board 7 through a connector, not shown.
  • the sensor array control circuit 8 can control one or more photosensors and their peripheral circuits, and control the photosensors to be gated according to a predetermined sequence according to a program setting, or the plurality of sensor array control circuits 8 jointly control the N optoelectronics. sensor.
  • the photosensor 6 is synchronized with the corresponding semiconductor laser 1 in a corresponding manner, that is, when the nth semiconductor laser is gated, the nth photosensor is correspondingly gated.
  • the N photosensors are located on the receiving image plane of the receiving mirror group 70.
  • the receiving image plane of the receiving mirror group 70 is a flat surface or a non-planar surface.
  • Each photosensor can receive a beam of incident light reflected from the target for photoelectric conversion and efficient measurement of the target.
  • FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of an array laser emitting device and a projection spot array according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the light-emitting surfaces of all the semiconductor lasers 1 (LD), that is, the sides on which all of the semiconductor lasers 1 are used to emit light are arranged on the focal plane of the transmitting mirror group 60 (the mirror group is considered here).
  • the focal plane of the 60 is a plane), and the horizontal direction of the emitted laser beam of the adjacent semiconductor laser 1 on the focal plane is ⁇ , and the vertical direction is ⁇ .
  • the laser emission control module 5 triggers the driving circuit 2, so that the semiconductor lasers 1 of each channel are sequentially strobed to emit laser light, the laser beam is emitted along the main optical axis 9 of the laser emitting optical path, and the laser beam is formed by the transmitting mirror group 60 at the target object M.
  • each laser corresponding to the discrete spot will be received by the photosensor 6 in the laser receiving device 200, further realizing the electronically controlled scanning array detection of the measurement area.
  • the laser light emitted from the second semiconductor laser 1 in the second row from the right in the figure is received by the second photosensor 6 from the second row to the right.
  • FIG. 8A is a schematic diagram of a sequential gate emission control mode, each semiconductor laser and a corresponding photoelectric sensor are regarded as one channel, and the laser emission control module 5 sequentially controls and triggers each driving circuit, and sequentially drives from the first To the nth semiconductor laser, it is ensured that the semiconductor laser emitters of each channel sequentially emit laser light to realize an electronically controlled scanning of the array of detection targets.
  • each semiconductor laser and the photoelectric sensor are gated according to the set sequence, thereby realizing the purpose of electronically scanning the array of the detection target.
  • FIG. 8B is a schematic diagram of a sequential gate receiving control mode.
  • the sensor array control circuit 8 controls the laser receiving device 200 to sequentially strobe in accordance with the order from the first to nth photosensors in accordance with the preset photoelectric gate control logic 4.
  • the laser emitting device 100 also employs sequential transmission orders from the first to nth semiconductor lasers. When the nth semiconductor laser is gated, the nth photosensor is also gated.
  • the N semiconductor lasers are divided into a plurality of blocks, and each of the blocks is sequentially gated according to a preset first order, and each of the blocks is sequentially gated in accordance with a preset second sequence.
  • the emission array has a total of X rows and Y columns, and the xth semiconductor laser of each column constitutes one row.
  • the xth semiconductor lasers of each column may be at the same or different heights.
  • FIG. 11 is a schematic layout of the semiconductor laser and the photosensor row, seen, a first row of each semiconductor laser array 1 into the first line L 1, and so on, each of the last column of the first semiconductor laser composed of 8 rows of L 8 , each row of semiconductor lasers can be located at the same height to form a straight line, or can be located at different heights to form a polyline.
  • each semiconductor laser in L 1 may be sequentially gated in accordance with left to right, right to left, or other predetermined order, and then sequentially Jump to the next line to execute the sequence strobe step. After the last line L 8 completes the strobe, continue to jump to the first line L 1 until the end signal is received.
  • the time interval between the adjacent two semiconductor lasers that are sequentially gated is preset, and usually the time interval remains fixed, and only one semiconductor laser is gated at a time.
  • the row gating order may be L 1 , L 2 , ... L 8 , or may be other preset row gating order.
  • the laser receiving device 200 side also arranges the photosensors according to the arrangement shown in FIG. 11, and gates all the photosensors in the same gating manner as the laser emitting device 100, so that the nth semiconductor laser is gated.
  • the nth photoelectric sensor is strobed to realize the gating of the channel.
  • column gating is employed in this embodiment.
  • Each of the semiconductor lasers in one column is sequentially strobed, the next column is jumped, and the column strobe is cyclically executed.
  • the column gating order may be C 1 , C 2 , C 3 , C 4 (see FIG. 11), or other preset row gating order.
  • the odd-numbered semiconductor lasers may be sequentially gated first, and then the even-numbered semiconductor lasers may be sequentially gated.
  • the gating sequence may be 1, 3 , 5...31, 2, 4, 6...32.
  • FIG. 11A every four semiconductor lasers are divided into one block, and there are a total of eight blocks in the figure.
  • each block is clockwise or counterclockwise or The diagonal or other random sequence is gated, and all semiconductor lasers inside one block are gated and then gated to the next block.
  • strobing is performed according to a randomly set strobe sequence.
  • the gating mode based on the modification of the above embodiment is also in the scope of the present invention, and the gating order with strong randomness is better in detecting encryption and anti-interference.
  • the laser radar device of the present invention controls a corresponding semiconductor laser to emit laser light by a predetermined gating method, and is irradiated on the target by the adjustment of the transmitting mirror group to generate a reflected laser signal, which is incident on the receiving mirror as incident light. After being adjusted by the receiving mirror group, focusing on the photosensitive surface of the corresponding photosensor.
  • the sensor array control circuit 8 sequentially strobes the photoelectric sensors of the corresponding channels according to the predetermined strobe mode, and receives the echo signals returned by the projection spots on the target object, thereby realizing the scanning and receiving of the electrical gate array of the detection target.
  • the laser emitting device 100 is different in height from the laser receiving device 200.
  • the laser emitting device 100 is disposed side by side with the laser receiving device 200, that is, the set height is substantially the same.
  • Figure 12 is a top plan view of the laser radar apparatus of the embodiment of Figure 3A. Since the laser radar usually adopts a cylindrical outer casing, the transmitting mirror group 60, the receiving mirror group 70, the laser emitting device 100 and the laser receiving device 200 are generally employed under the premise that the necessary distance of the optical path is ensured and the inner space of the casing is utilized as much as possible. The arrangement shown in Figure 12. However, the space of the regions D and D' in the cylindrical outer casing is difficult to be fully utilized, and there is waste, so that the overall volume of the laser radar device cannot be effectively reduced, and it is difficult to achieve low cost and miniaturization of the device.
  • the volume of the laser radar is compressed.
  • the laser emitting device 100 and the laser receiving device 200 can be disposed up and down, and the transmitting mirror group 60 and the receiving mirror group 70 are also disposed up and down.
  • the laser emitting device 100 is disposed directly above the laser receiving device 200.
  • the emitter group 60 is disposed directly above the receiving mirror group 70. Since there is no need to arrange two mirror groups side by side, a single mirror group can be disposed closer to the edge of the outer casing, so that the regions D and D' adjacent to the edge in the outer casing can be further reduced, so that the space in the laser radar device can be effectively utilized, and thus Compress the volume of the lidar.
  • the laser emitting device may be located above the laser receiving device, or the laser receiving device may be located above the laser emitting device.
  • the laser emitting device may be located directly above or obliquely above the laser receiving device, or the laser receiving device may be located directly above or obliquely above the laser emitting device to facilitate the arrangement of the various components, and the specific arrangement manner. Determined according to actual needs.
  • 15 and 16 are schematic plan views of a laser radar apparatus according to still another embodiment of the present invention.
  • an emission mirror 61 may be further provided for the laser emitting device for reflecting the N outgoing lights to be incident on the transmitting mirror group 60.
  • the emission mirrors 61, 62 are simultaneously provided, and the specific setting position is set according to the optical path requirement.
  • a receiving mirror for reflecting the incident light to be incident on the receiving mirror group 70.
  • the setting is exactly the same as that of the transmitting mirror.
  • FIG. 17 shows a specific implementation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 10 when the laser emitting device 100 and the laser receiving device 200 are disposed above and below.
  • the structure of the foregoing various embodiments can be applied to the laser radar apparatus shown in Fig. 18 to realize a 360-degree scan.
  • the laser radar device comprises a optomechanical component 1-0, a laser ranging module 2-0 and a 360° scan driving module 3-0, wherein:
  • the optomechanical component assembly 1-0 further includes a shafting structure 1-1, an optical window 1-2, and a housing, the optical window 1-2 being disposed on the housing, the optical window 1-2 surrounding the shafting structure 1 -1 achieves full or partial coverage, the shafting structure 1-1 is the rotation axis of the laser ranging module 2-0; the part of the laser ranging module 2-0 associated with the shafting structure 1-1 can be integrated Machining and forming can also be installed and positioned by high precision.
  • the optomechanical component 1-0 is preferably centrally symmetrical.
  • the laser ranging module 2-0 includes a transmitting mirror group 60, a receiving mirror group 70, a laser emitting device 100 and the laser receiving device 200, a transmitting mirror group 60, a receiving mirror group 70, as shown in FIG. 3A or FIG.
  • the laser emitting device 100 and the laser receiving device 200 integrally rotate around the shafting structure 1-1, the transmitting mirror group 60 and the laser emitting device 100 constitute an emitting light path, and the receiving mirror group 70 and the laser receiving device 200 constitute a receiving optical path, both of which Adopt parallel light path design.
  • the parallel optical path design can effectively shield the transceiving crosstalk, isolate the laser emitting component backscattering stray light signal, and enable the receiving light path to achieve field of view coverage at both close and long distances.
  • the 360° scan driving module 3-0 includes a scanning mechanism, a scan driving and a control circuit, wherein:
  • the scanning axis of the scanning mechanism is coaxial with the shafting structure 1-1, and drives the laser ranging module 2-0 to rotate around the shafting structure 1-1 to realize 360° laser scanning detection. Further, the stator portion of the scanning mechanism is fixed to the optomechanical component 1-0; the rotor portion of the scanning mechanism is fixed to the laser ranging module 2-0.
  • the optomechanical component assembly 1-0 can be designed in different shapes, as shown in FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram of different structural frames of the optomechanical component assembly 1-0 according to the embodiment of the present invention, and the optomechanical component 1 in FIG. 0 is a cylindrical or a circular or cubic frame structure, and correspondingly, the optical window 1-2 is also designed to have a different shape depending on the form of the optomechanical component 1-0.
  • the optomechanical structural component may also be a frame structure having a quadrangular or polygonal cross section; the optomechanical structural component 1-0 forms a sealed structure of the entire laser radar device.
  • the device provided by the invention has high integration degree and small volume, and is suitable for applications of laser-radar unmanned vehicles, robot navigation and obstacle avoidance, and the parallel optical path design can effectively shield the transmission and reception crosstalk, and isolate the laser emission component backscattering.
  • the astigmatism signal enables the illuminating path to achieve field of view coverage at both close and long distances.
  • the invention has simple installation process, high efficiency, high yield and convenient mass production.
  • the sequential gating or parallel gating of the array photosensor is realized, which improves the receiving flexibility and receiving capability of the space target detection, realizes the electronically controlled scanning array detection of the target object, and improves the detection.
  • the degree of integration of the system improves the receiving efficiency of the detection target and makes it easy to miniaturize the system.

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Radar, Positioning & Navigation (AREA)
  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Optical Radar Systems And Details Thereof (AREA)

Abstract

一种激光雷达装置及其通道选通方法，该装置包括：激光发射装置（100），具有N个半导体激光器（1），排列成发射阵列，用于发射N个出射光，该N个半导体激光器（1）设置于该激光发射装置（100）的M个发射电路板（3）上，M小于N；发射镜组（60），用于调节该N个出射光的角度；接收镜组（70），用于调节入射光的角度；激光接收装置（200），具有N个光电传感器（6），排列成接收阵列，用于接收经该接收镜组（70）调节后的入射光；第n个该半导体激光器（1）在该发射阵列中的位置与第n个该光电传感器（6）在该接收阵列中的位置相同，发射镜组（60）与接收镜组（70）具有对应光路，第n个半导体激光器（1）发出的出射光经目标物（X）反射后入射至第n个光电传感器（6）。

Description

一种激光雷达装置及其通道选通方法 技术领域
本发明涉及多通道激光测量领域，特别是涉及一种激光雷达装置及其通道选通方法。
背景技术
如图1、2所示为美国专利申请US8767190B2的激光雷达中的扫描阵列。
其中，母板20设置在框架22上。多个发射面板30依次插设在母板20上，多个检测面板32依次插设在母板20上。多个发射面板30沿垂直方向设置，多个检测面板32沿垂直方向设置。每个发射面板30上设置有一个发射器，每个检测面板32上设置有一个检测器。
如图2所示，该多个检测面板32整体呈扇形设置，以产生一水平线以上10度至水平线以下30度的视场，该连续的多个检测面板依次倾斜一个角度设置，使得该连续的多个检测面板相对一中心轴依次分布。
而该多个发射面板30与该多个检测面板32呈对称设置，该多个发射面板30整体也呈扇形设置，以产生一水平线以上10度至水平线以下30度的视场，该连续的多个发射面板依次倾斜一个角度设置，使得该连续的多个发射面板相对一中心轴依次分布。
现有技术中的该扫描阵列的缺陷在于，在安装过程中，每个发射面板30、发射面板32均需要单独校正其相对母板20的插设角度。为了获取精确的扫描结果，该产品的实际安装过程中，其插设的误差必须要达到微米级，而调整两个板面之间的角度并固定在一特定角度的工艺也较为复杂。故而这一结构所对应的安装过程工艺繁杂，生产效率低下，成本高，良率低。
另外，这一结构每一个发射器或检测器均需单独设置在一个面板上，所需的面板数量较多，增加了系统的重量和体积，难以实现设备的低成本和小型化。
发明内容
本发明解决的技术问题在于提供一种激光雷达装置，使得安装工艺简洁，效率高，良率高。
更进一步的，缩小体积，以便于实现设备的低成本和小型化。
本发明公开了一种激光雷达装置，该装置包括：激光发射装置，该激光发 射装置具有N个半导体激光器，排列成发射阵列，用于发射N个出射光，该N个半导体激光器设置于该激光发射装置的M个发射电路板上，M小于N；发射镜组，用于调节该N个出射光的角度；接收镜组，用于调节入射光的角度；激光接收装置，该激光接收装置具有N个光电传感器，排列成接收阵列，用于接收经该接收镜组调节后的入射光；其中，第n个该半导体激光器在该发射阵列中的位置与第n个该光电传感器在该接收阵列中的位置相同，n＝1、2……N，N为正整数，M为正整数，该发射镜组与该接收镜组具有对应光路，使得第n个该半导体激光器发出的出射光经目标物反射后入射至该第n个该光电传感器。
该激光发射装置与该激光接收装置的设置高度相同或不同。
该激光发射装置位于该激光接收装置的正上方或斜上方，或者，该激光接收装置位于该激光发射装置的正上方或斜上方。
该激光发射装置进一步包括：一个或多个激光发射模块，该激光发射模块包括一竖直放置的该发射电路板、多个该半导体激光器和驱动电路，多个该半导体激光器安置在该发射电路板上，该驱动电路与多个该半导体激光器连接以驱动多个该半导体激光器发光，多个该半导体激光器的出光方向组成的出光面与该发射电路板平行；激光发射控制模块，与所述激光发射模块连接，以控制该驱动电路驱动对应的半导体激光器发光。
该多个激光发射模块的多个发射电路板并行设置，多个该半导体激光器安置在该发射电路板的一侧边缘；或该多个激光发射模块的多个发射电路板分成多排，每排并行设置，多个该半导体激光器安置在该发射电路板的一侧边缘。
该激光发射装置进一步包括：至少一个激光发射模块，该激光发射模块包括一竖直放置的该发射电路板、该N个半导体激光器和驱动电路，该N个半导体激光器安置在该发射电路板上，该驱动电路与该多个半导体激光器连接以驱动该多个半导体激光器发光，该发射阵列中的每一列的出光方向组成的出光面与该发射电路板垂直；
激光发射控制模块，与该激光发射模块连接，以控制该激光发射模块的驱动电路驱动对应的半导体激光器发光。
该激光发射模块具有一个或多个该驱动电路，每个该驱动电路驱动一个或多个该半导体激光器。
该激光发射控制模块设置在该发射电路板上，或者，该激光发射控制模块 设置在控制电路板上，该控制电路板通过连接器连接至该发射电路板。
任意两个经该发射镜组调节后的出射光的方向不相同。
该激光接收装置包括：N个光电传感器单元，每个该光电传感器单元包括该光电传感器及其外围电路；竖直放置的接收电路板，该N个光电传感器设置在该接收电路板上；传感器阵列控制电路，用于控制该N个光电传感器的选通。
该N个半导体激光器的发光面位于该发射镜组的焦面上，该N个光电传感器位于该接收镜组的接收像面上。
本发明还公开了一种通道选通方法，该方法包括：按照设定次序，依次选通该N个半导体激光器，当第n个半导体激光器被选通时，第n个光电传感器相应被选通。
该方法进一步包括：对该N个半导体激光器分成多个区块，按照预设的第一顺序，依次选通各该区块，每个区块中依照预设的第二顺序依次选通各个半导体激光器。
该方法进一步包括：步骤1，该发射阵列共有X行Y列，每列的第x个半导体激光器组成一行，依次选通该发射阵列中第x行中的各个半导体激光器，x＝1，2……X，X、Y均为正整数；步骤2，x加1，继续执行步骤1；或者，该方法进一步包括：步骤10，该发射阵列共有X行Y列，每列的第x个半导体激光器组成一行，依次选通该发射阵列中第y列中的各个半导体激光器，y＝1，2……Y，X、Y均为正整数；步骤20，y加1，继续执行步骤10；或者，该方法进一步包括：步骤100，选通第2a+1个半导体激光器，a加1，循环执行步骤100，直到2a+1＝N或者2a+1＝N-1，执行步骤200，a＝0、1、2……；步骤200，选通第2b+2个半导体激光器，b加1，循环执行步骤200，直到2b+2＝N或者2b+2＝N-1，b＝0、1、2……。
本发明还公开了一种激光雷达装置，所述装置包括光机结构组件、激光测距模块和360°扫描驱动模块，其中：所述光机结构组件进一步包括轴系结构和光学窗口，所述轴系结构为所述激光测距模块的旋转轴；所述激光测距模块包括发射镜组、接收镜组、激光发射装置和激光接收装置；所述360°扫描驱动模块包括扫描机构、扫描驱动及控制电路，所述扫描机构的扫描轴与所述轴系结构同轴，并带动所述激光测距模块围绕所述轴系结构旋转，实现360°激光扫描探测；该激光发射装置具有N个半导体激光器，排列成发射阵列，用于 发射N个出射光，该N个半导体激光器设置于该激光发射装置的M个发射电路板上，M小于N；该发射镜组用于调节该N个出射光的角度；该接收镜组用于调节入射光的角度；该激光接收装置具有N个光电传感器，排列成接收阵列，用于接收经该接收镜组调节后的入射光；第n个该半导体激光器在该发射阵列中的位置与第n个该光电传感器在该接收阵列中的位置相同，n-1、2……N，N为正整数，M为正整数，该发射镜组与该接收镜组具有对应光路，使得第n个该半导体激光器发出的出射光经目标物反射后入射至该第n个该光电传感器。
该激光发射装置与该激光接收装置的设置高度相同或不同。
该激光发射装置进一步包括：一个或多个激光发射模块，该激光发射模块包括一竖直放置的该发射电路板、多个该半导体激光器和驱动电路，多个该半导体激光器安置在该发射电路板上，该驱动电路与多个该半导体激光器连接以驱动多个该半导体激光器发光，多个该半导体激光器的出光方向组成的出光面与该发射电路板平行；激光发射控制模块，与所述激光发射模块连接，以控制该驱动电路驱动对应的半导体激光器发光；
或者，该激光发射装置进一步包括：至少一个激光发射模块，该激光发射模块包括一竖直放置的该发射电路板、该N个半导体激光器和驱动电路，该N个半导体激光器安置在该发射电路板上，该驱动电路与该多个半导体激光器连接以驱动该多个半导体激光器发光，该发射阵列中的每一列的出光方向组成的出光面与该发射电路板垂直；激光发射控制模块，与该激光发射模块连接，以控制该激光发射模块的驱动电路驱动对应的半导体激光器发光。
所述光机结构组件为圆柱或圆台或立方体。
本发明的安装工艺简洁，效率高，良率高，便于量产。同时，本发明通过电路集成和电控扫描，实现阵列激光发射器件的集成化和小型化，降低系统尺寸和重量，便于实现设备的低成本和小型化。上下排布可进一步压缩体积，实现轻小型的激光雷达装置。
附图说明
图1、2所示为美国专利US8767190B2的激光雷达中的扫描阵列示意图。
图3A所示为本发明的激光雷达装置的结构示意图。
图3B所示为本发明的激光雷达装置的一支光路的结构示意图。
图4所示为本发明的激光发射装置的结构示意图。
图5所示为本发明的激光发射装置的另一实施例的结构示意图。
图6所示为本发明的激光发射装置的又一实施例的结构示意图。
图7所示为本发明的激光发射装置的又一实施例的结构示意图。
图8A所示为本发明的顺序选通发射控制方式示意图。
图8B所示为本发明的顺序选通接收控制方式示意图。
图9所示为本发明一具体实施例所提供的阵列激光发射装置与投影光斑阵列示例图。
图10、17所示为本发明的激光发射装置以及激光接收装置的结构示意图。
图11、11A所示为本发明的半导体激光器以及光电传感器的排布示意图。
图12为图3A所示实施例的激光雷达装置的俯视示意图。
图13所示为本发明的激光雷达装置的结构示意图。
图14为图13所示实施例的激光雷达装置的俯视示意图。
图15、16为又一实施例的激光雷达装置的俯视示意图。
图18为本发明的激光雷达装置的结构示意图。
图19为本发明的光机结构组件的不同结构框架示意图。
具体实施方式
下面结合本发明实施例中的附图，对本发明实施例中的技术方案进行清楚、完整地描述，显然，所描述的实施例仅仅是本发明一部分实施例，而不是全部的实施例。基于本发明的实施例，本领域普通技术人员在没有做出创造性劳动前提下所获得的所有其他实施例，都属于本发明的保护范围。
本发明公开了一种激光雷达装置，使得安装工艺简洁，效率高，良率高。同时，能够缩小体积，以便于实现设备的低成本和小型化。
在本发明的一实施例中，如图3A所示为本发明的激光雷达装置的结构示意图，其中省略了激光雷达装置的其他公知结构。激光雷达装置通过激光扫描，获取环境中目标物X的三维信息。
激光雷达装置包括激光发射装置100、发射镜组60、接收镜组70、激光接收装置200。
该激光发射装置100具有呈发射阵列排列的N个半导体激光器1，用于发射N个出射光。该N个半导体激光器设置于该激光发射装置100的M个发射电 路板上，M小于N，图中所示为N＝16，M＝2，不以此为限，其他数量的半导体激光器1以及发射电路板也在本发明的公开范围内。本发明通过将多个半导体激光器集中设置在发射电路板上，以降低发射电路板的数量，压缩体积。
发射镜组60，设置在激光发射装置100前方，用于接收并调节该N个出射光的角度。
接收镜组70，与发射镜组60并排设置，且设置在该激光接收装置200的前方，接收镜组70用于调节入射光的角度。
激光接收装置200，该激光接收装置200具有呈接收阵列排列的N个光电传感器6，用于接收经该接收镜组70调节后的入射光。光电传感器6的数量与半导体激光器1的数量一致，同时，发射阵列、接收阵列的排布方式完全相同。也就是说，第n个半导体激光器在该发射阵列中的位置与第n个光电传感器在该接收阵列中的位置相同，n＝1、2……N，N为正整数。
每一个半导体激光器存在一个与之对应的光电传感器，也就是说，无论半导体激光器如何排布，光电传感器以同样方式排布，第n个该半导体激光器发出的出射光经目标物反射后入射至该第n个光电传感器，二者相互配合工作。
该发射镜组60与该接收镜组70的光学参数完全相同，同时，发射阵列相对发射镜组60的位置与接收阵列相对接收镜组70的位置完全相同，如此，使得该发射镜组60与该接收镜组70具有对应光路。该发射镜组60与该接收镜组70还可通过其他方式获得对应光路，不以此为限。
如图3B所示为本发明的激光雷达装置的一支光路的示意图。以从上到下，从右到左的顺序对发射阵列中的半导体激光器进行排序，同时，以相同的顺序对接收阵列中的光电传感器进行排序，则图3B中第13个半导体激光器发出的出射光，经发射镜组60调节后，照射在目标物上，经该目标物的反射，再经过接收镜组70调节后，被第13个光电传感器接收。其他排序方式也在本发明的公开范围内，其他半导体激光器的工作方式与此相同。
如图4-7所示为本发明公开的激光发射装置的结构示意图。
本发明的激光发射装置100包括至少一个激光发射模块10，该激光发射模块10进一步包括一发射电路板3、多个半导体激光器1和驱动电路2。
该多个半导体激光器1依次设置在该发射电路板3上，该发射电路板3竖直放置，并安置在一水平本体(图中未示)上，在一优化的实施例中，该多 个半导体激光器1依次设置在该发射电路板3的一侧边缘，便于从电路板的边缘出光。
该驱动电路2与该多个半导体激光器1连接以驱动该多个半导体激光器1发光。在一实施例中，同一个驱动电路2可驱动多个半导体激光器1。在另一实施例中，可为每个半导体激光器1分别设置一驱动电路2，各自进行驱动。
该多个半导体激光器1的底面焊接至发射电路板3，该多个半导体激光器1的侧面出光，即，多个半导体激光器1的出光方向组成的出光面D与该发射电路板3平行且所有半导体激光器1的出光方向朝向该电路板的同一侧，从边缘向外出射。另外，任意两个经该发射镜组60调节后的出射光的方向不同。
具体来说如图5所示，在一发射电路板3上纵向排布8个半导体激光器1及对应驱动电路(图5未示该驱动电路)。半导体激光器1所发出激光通过发射镜组60出射。8个半导体激光器从上到下排列，依次具有一定间距，每个间距可以相同也可以不同。例如，相邻两个半导体激光器1的中心间距可以分别是D1、D1、D2、D3、D3、D2和D1，D1＞D2＞D3。8个半导体激光器均从图5中发射电路板3的左侧出光，经过发射镜组60折射后，8个半导体激光器1相对AA’线的激光出射角度各不相同，依次变化一个角度，以形成一定角度范围以内的激光扫描视场角度，例如20°-30°范围内的激光扫描视场角度，以实现对目标的电控阵列扫描。可见，每个半导体激光器1的光轴的指向和摆放位置不同，并分别对应一个局部发射视场。每个半导体激光器1的光轴的指向和摆放位置需参照发射镜组60以及系统中激光发射光路设计参数进行设定。
由于半导体激光器1的出光方向组成的出光面D与该发射电路板3平行，且多个半导体激光器1位于同一个发射电路板3上，故而，在安装过程中，为了调整具体的出光方向，仅需调整半导体激光器1的发光侧面相对发射电路板3的AA’线的角度并实现焊接即可，调整至某特定角度以及固定在该特定角度的工艺较为简洁，效率高，良率高，便于量产。同时，由于多个半导体激光器1位于同一个发射电路板3上，故而无需如现有技术般为每个半导体激光器1设置一电路板，节省了大量的发射电路板3，从而缩小了体积，降低了重量，便于实现设备的低成本和小型化。
如图6所示，本发明的另一实施例中，激光发射装置10还可包括多个激光发射模块10，例如四个。如图6所示，四者之间并行设置，优选为平行设 置，也可对应堆叠在一起并固定。所有半导体激光器的出光方向朝向同一侧。每个激光发射模块10上的8个半导体激光器1在发射电路板上以不同间距固定排列，32个半导体激光器1中任意两个的出射光经发射镜组60调节后都具有各自不同的出射角度，形成了8行×4列的32线阵列激光发射装置。半导体激光器1的设置角度可根据发射镜组60的光路参数进行调整。例如，每个激光发射模块10如图5所示，经过发射镜组60折射后，8个半导体激光器相对AA’线的激光出射角度各不相同，形成一扇面分布，使得激光出射较为密集。
如图7所示为本发明的又一实施例的激光发射装置的结构示意图。激光发射装置100包括两排如图6所示的激光发射模块10，出光方向朝向同一侧。其他排数的多排排列也在本发明的公开范围内。如图7所示为64线阵列激光发射装置，任意两个半导体激光器的出光方向不相同，激光分布更加密集。
除图3A中的激光发射装置100的设置方式之外，还包括如图10所示的方式，与图3A的差别之处仅在于，该激光发射装置100包括至少一个激光发射模块10，该激光发射模块10包括一个竖直放置的该发射电路板3，该N个半导体激光器安置在该发射电路板上以组成该发射阵列，该发射阵列中的每一列的出光方向组成的出光面D’与该发射电路板垂直，光学传感器的数量以及排布方式与半导体激光器相同，其余设置方式均与前述实施例相同。也可在一块发射电路板3上设置16个半导体激光器1，则对应设置16个光电传感器，压缩了激光雷达装置的体积，同时，还可利用中国申请CN201720845753.1所记载的半导体激光器1，实现在一块电路板上设置不同的半导体激光器1的出射角度，使得安装过程简单易行，误差较低。也可以设置多个该激光发射模块10，并列设置，每个激光发射模块所包含的半导体激光器共同组成该发射阵列。
另外，参见图8A，激光发射装置100还包括激光发射控制模块5，与所有的激光发射模块10连接，激光发射控制模块5可以控制一个或多个半导体激光器1(LD)及其驱动电路2，并按照程序设定控制该驱动电路2以驱动对应的半导体激光器1依预定次序，依次发射激光。
通过半导体激光器1的阵列排布，激光发射控制模块5对各个半导体激光器进行分时控制，实现对目标区的激光扫描。
该激光发射控制模块5可设置在该发射电路板3上，或者，该激光发射控制模块设置在除发射电路板3之外的控制电路板(图中未示)上，控制电路板 通过连接器连接至发射电路板3。
通过上述的布设方式可知，本发明的安装工艺简洁，效率高，良率高，便于量产。同时，本发明通过电路集成和电控扫描，实现阵列激光发射器件的集成化和小型化，降低系统尺寸和重量，便于实现设备的低成本和小型化。
如图3A所示，本发明的激光接收装置200进一步包括：
N个光电传感器单元，每个该光电传感器单元包括该光电传感器6及其外围电路(图中未示)。每个半导体激光器和对应的光电传感器视为一个通道，每个光电传感器单元用以接收光信号，并实现光电信号转换。所述光电传感器单元的光电传感器可以是APD、PIN或其它光电转换探测器件。
竖直放置的接收电路板7，该N个光电传感器6设置在该接收电路板7上，该外围电路可设置在该接收电路板7或辅助电路板7’上。
传感器阵列控制电路8，用于控制该N个光电传感器6的选通，该传感器阵列控制电路8可设置在该接收电路板7或辅助电路板7’上，或者单独设置在一控制电路板(图中未示)上，该控制电路板通过连接器连接至该接收电路板7。传感器阵列控制电路8可以控制一个或多个光电传感器及其外围电路，并按照程序设定控制该光电传感器依照预定顺序被选通，或者，由多个传感器阵列控制电路8共同控制该N个光电传感器。
该光电传感器6与对应的半导体激光器1保持同步相应选通，即，当第n个该半导体激光器被选通时，第n个该光电传感器相应的也被选通。
该N个光电传感器位于该接收镜组70的接收像面上，这里认为接收镜组70的接收像面为一平面，也可以是非平面。每个光电传感器可接收到一束从目标物反射回来的入射光，以进行光电转换和对目标的有效测量。
如图9所示为本发明一具体实施例所提供的阵列激光发射装置与投影光斑阵列示例图。作为一种具体实施示例，所有半导体激光器1(LD)的发光面，也就是所有半导体激光器1用于出射光的侧面，均排布在发射镜组60的发射焦面上(这里认为发射镜组60的发射焦面为一平面)，并使发射焦面上相邻半导体激光器1的发射激光束水平方向呈β夹角，垂直方向呈γ夹角。
激光发射控制模块5触发驱动电路2，使各通道的半导体激光器1依次选通发射激光，发射激光沿激光发射光路主光轴9，并经发射镜组60，在目标物M处形成各激光束对应的离散光斑，该离散光斑所对应的各个激光将被激光接 收装置200中的光电传感器6所接收，进一步实现了测量区域的电控扫描阵列探测。图中的第2排右起第2个半导体激光器1发出的激光由第2排右起第2个的光电传感器6接收。
更进一步的，图8A为一种顺序选通发射控制方式示意图，每个半导体激光器和对应的光电传感器视为一个通道，激光发射控制模块5依次控制并触发各驱动电路，进而顺序驱动从第1到第n半导体激光器，保证各通道半导体激光发射器顺序发射激光，实现对探测目标的阵列电控扫描。依据激光发射控制电路设定程序，依设置的顺序对各个半导体激光器及光电传感器进行选通，实现对探测目标的阵列电控扫描目的。
如图8B所示为一种顺序选通接收控制方式示意图。传感器阵列控制电路8依照预先设定的光电选通控制逻辑4控制激光接收装置200依照从第1到第n光电传感器的顺序依次选通。与此同时，激光发射装置100也采用了从第1到第n半导体激光器的依次发射顺序。使得第n个该半导体激光器选通时，第n个光电传感器也被选通。
具体来说对该N个半导体激光器分成多个区块，按照预设的第一顺序依次选通各该区块，每个区块中依照预设的第二顺序依次选通各个半导体激光器。
更为具体的，在第一选通实施例中，该发射阵列共有X行Y列，每列的第x个半导体激光器组成一行。各列的第x个半导体激光器可以位于相同或不同的高度。如图11中所示为半导体激光器以及光电传感器的排布示意图，可见，每列的第一个半导体激光器组1成第一行L 1，依次类推，每列的最后第一个半导体激光器组成第8行L 8，每一行的半导体激光器可以位于相同高度组成一条直线，也可以位于不同高度组成一条折线。
对于激光发射装置100一侧，在进行激光雷达装置的通道选通时，可先依照从左到右、从右到左、或其他预定的顺序，顺序选通L 1中的各个半导体激光器，随后跳转下一行循环执行该顺序选通的步骤，最后一行L 8完成选通后，继续跳转第一行L 1，直到收到结束信号。依序选通的邻接的两个半导体激光器之间的时间间隔为预先设定，通常该时间间隔保持固定，每一时刻仅有一个半导体激光器被选通。
该行选通次序可以是L 1，L 2，……L 8，也可以是其他预设的行选通次序。
激光接收装置200一侧也依照图11所示排布方式对光电传感器进行排布， 依照与激光发射装置100同样的选通方式，选通所有光电传感器，使第n个该半导体激光器选通时，相应的选通第n个光电传感器，进而实现该通道的选通。
同理，在第二选通实施例中，与第一选通实施例的行选通不同，本实施例中采用列选通。依次选通一列中的各个半导体激光器，跳转下一列，循环执行该列选通。该列选通次序可以是C 1，C 2，C 3，C 4(参见图11)，也可以是其他预设的行选通次序。
在第三选通实施例中，还可以通过先依次选通奇数个半导体激光器，再依次选通偶数个半导体激光器的方式，例如，假设共32个半导体激光器，则选通顺序可以是1、3、5……31、2、4、6……32。
即，步骤100，选通第2a+1个半导体激光器，a加1，循环执行步骤100，直到2a+1＝N或者2a+1＝N-1，执行步骤200，a＝0、1、2……；
步骤200，选通第2b+2个半导体激光器，b加1，循环执行步骤200，直到2b+2＝N或者2b+2＝N-1，b＝0、1、2……。
在第四选通实施例中，还可以采用其他分块选通的方式，例如图11A中，每四个半导体激光器分为一个区块，则图中共有8个区块。
按一预设的第一顺序，例如第1、3、5、7、2、4、6、8区块的顺序，依次选通各个区块，每个区块内部依照顺时针或逆时针或对角线或其他随机顺序进行选通，一个区块内部的所有半导体激光器均被选通后，再选通下一个区块。
第五选通实施例，依据随机设定的选通顺序进行选通。
基于以上实施例的变形的选通方式也在本发明的公开范围中，且随机性较强的选通顺序，其探测加密、防干扰的效果较好。
本发明的激光雷达装置，通过预定的选通方式，控制对应的半导体激光器发出激光，经过发射镜组调节后，照射在目标物上，产生反射的激光信号，其作为入射光入射至接收镜组，经接收镜组调节后，聚焦在对应的光电传感器的光敏面上。传感器阵列控制电路8按照该预定的选通方式，分时选通各对应通道的光电传感器，接收目标物上的投影光斑所返回的回波信号，实现对探测目标的电选通阵列扫描接收。
在本发明的另一实施例中，该激光发射装置100与该激光接收装置200的设置高度不同。
具体来说，在图3A所示实施例中激光发射装置100与激光接收装置200 并排设置，即，设置高度基本相同。如图12为图3A所示实施例的激光雷达装置的俯视示意图。由于激光雷达通常采用圆柱形的外壳，故而在保证光路传播的必要距离且尽可能利用壳体内空间的前提下，发射镜组60、接收镜组70、激光发射装置100与激光接收装置200通常采用图12所示的排布方式。但圆柱形的外壳中的区域D、D’的空间较难得到充分的利用，存在浪费，则激光雷达装置的整体体积无法得到有效的缩小，难以实现设备的低成本和小型化。
为了使得激光雷达装置内的空间得到有效利用，压缩激光雷达的体积。如图13所示，激光发射装置100与该激光接收装置200可上下设置，发射镜组60与接收镜组70亦随之上下设置。如图14所示，激光发射装置100设置在该激光接收装置200的正上方。发射镜组60设置在接收镜组70的正上方。由于无需并排设置两个镜组，故而单一镜组可以更加临近外壳的边缘设置，故而外壳内临近边缘的区域D、D’可以进一步缩小，故而，激光雷达装置内的空间可以得到有效利用，进而压缩激光雷达的体积。
具体应用中，该激光发射装置可位于该激光接收装置的上方，或者，该激光接收装置位于该激光发射装置的上方。另外，该激光发射装置可位于该激光接收装置的正上方或斜上方，或者，该激光接收装置可位于该激光发射装置的正上方或斜上方，以便于各个部件的排布，具体排布方式根据实际需求而确定。
如图15、16所示为本发明的又一实施例的激光雷达装置的俯视示意图。为了保证更长的光路，可为激光发射装置进一步设置发射反射镜61，用于对该N个出射光进行反射，使其入射该发射镜组60。或者，同时设置发射反射镜61、62，具体设置位置根据光路需求来设置。
在图15、16所示部件的下方，还设置有接收反射镜，其用于对该入射光进行反射，使其入射该接收镜组70。设置方式与发射反射镜的完全相同。
如图17所示为图10所示实施方式在激光发射装置100与该激光接收装置200上下设置时的具体实现方式。
前述各个实施例的结构可用于图18所示的激光雷达装置，以实现360度扫描。激光雷达装置包括光机结构组件1-0、激光测距模块2-0和360°扫描驱动模块3-0，其中：
所述光机结构组件1-0进一步包括轴系结构1-1、光学窗口1-2和外壳，光学窗口1-2设置于外壳上，所述光学窗口1-2围绕所述轴系结构1-1实现全 部或部分覆盖，所述轴系结构1-1为所述激光测距模块2-0的旋转轴；激光测距模块2-0与轴系结构1-1相关联的部分可以一体加工成型，也可以通过高精度装调安装定位。光机结构组件1-0优选为中心对称。
所述激光测距模块2-0包括如图3A或图12所示的发射镜组60、接收镜组70、激光发射装置100与该激光接收装置200，发射镜组60、接收镜组70、激光发射装置100和激光接收装置200整体围绕所述轴系结构1-1旋转，发射镜组60和激光发射装置100构成发射光路，接收镜组70和该激光接收装置200构成接收光路，二者采用平行光路设计。平行光路设计可以有效屏蔽收发串扰，隔离激光发射组件后向散射杂散光信号，并使收发光路在近距离和远距离同时实现视场覆盖。
所述360°扫描驱动模块3-0包括扫描机构、扫描驱动及控制电路，其中：
所述扫描机构的扫描轴与所述轴系结构1-1同轴，并带动所述激光测距模块2-0围绕所述轴系结构1-1进行旋转，实现360°激光扫描探测。进一步的，上述扫描机构的定子部分与所述光机结构组件1-0固联；扫描机构的转子部分与所述激光测距模块2-0固联。
上述光机结构组件1-0可以被设计成不同形状，如图19所示为本发明实施例所述光机结构组件1-0的不同结构框架示意图，图19中的光机结构组件1-0为圆柱或圆台或立方体框架结构，相应的，光学窗口1-2也根据光机结构组件1-0的形式设计成不同的外形。
进一步，除上述形状结构外，光机结构组件还可为具有四边形或多边形截面的框架结构；上述光机结构组件1-0形成激光雷达装置整体的密封结构。
本发明提供的装置集成度高、体积小，适于激光雷达的无人驾驶汽车、机器人导航和避障等方面的应用；同时平行光路设计可以有效屏蔽收发串扰，隔离激光发射组件后向散射杂散光信号，并使收发光路在近距离和远距离同时实现视场覆盖。
工业应用性
本发明安装工艺简洁，效率高，良率高，便于量产。通过对阵列光电传感器的电选通控制，实现了阵列光电传感器的顺序选通或并行选通，提高了空间目标探测的接收灵活性和接收能力，实现目标物的电控扫描阵列探测，提高了系统的集成化程度，提高了探测目标接收效率，易于实现系统的小型化。

Claims (18)

  1. 一种激光雷达装置，其特征在于，该装置包括：
    激光发射装置，该激光发射装置具有N个半导体激光器，排列成发射阵列，用于发射N个出射光，该N个半导体激光器设置于该激光发射装置的M个发射电路板上，M小于N；
    发射镜组，用于调节该N个出射光的角度；
    接收镜组，用于调节入射光的角度；
    激光接收装置，该激光接收装置具有N个光电传感器，排列成接收阵列，用于接收经该接收镜组调节后的入射光；
    其中，第n个该半导体激光器在该发射阵列中的位置与第n个该光电传感器在该接收阵列中的位置相同，n＝1、2……N，N为正整数，M为正整数，该发射镜组与该接收镜组具有对应光路，使得第n个该半导体激光器发出的出射光经目标物反射后入射至该第n个该光电传感器。
  2. 如权利要求1所述的装置，其特征在于，该激光发射装置与该激光接收装置的设置高度相同或不同。
  3. 如权利要求2所述的装置，其特征在于，该激光发射装置位于该激光接收装置的正上方或斜上方，或者，该激光接收装置位于该激光发射装置的正上方或斜上方。
  4. 如权利要求1所述的装置，其特征在于，该激光发射装置进一步包括：
    一个或多个激光发射模块，该激光发射模块包括一竖直放置的该发射电路板、多个该半导体激光器和驱动电路，多个该半导体激光器安置在该发射电路板上，该驱动电路与多个该半导体激光器连接以驱动多个该半导体激光器发光，多个该半导体激光器的出光方向组成的出光面与该发射电路板平行；
    激光发射控制模块，与所述激光发射模块连接，以控制该驱动电路驱动对应的半导体激光器发光。
  5. 如权利要求4所述的装置，其特征在于，该多个激光发射模块的多个发射电路板并行设置，多个该半导体激光器安置在该发射电路板的一侧边缘；
    或者，该多个激光发射模块的多个发射电路板分成多排，每排并行设置，多个该半导体激光器安置在该发射电路板的一侧边缘。
  6. 如权利要求1所述的装置，其特征在于，该激光发射装置进一步包括：
    至少一个激光发射模块，该激光发射模块包括一竖直放置的该发射电路板、该N个半导体激光器和驱动电路，该N个半导体激光器安置在该发射电路板上，该驱动电路与该多个半导体激光器连接以驱动该多个半导体激光器发光，该发射阵列中的每一列的出光方向组成的出光面与该发射电路板垂直；
    激光发射控制模块，与该激光发射模块连接，以控制该激光发射模块的驱动电路驱动对应的半导体激光器发光。
  7. 如权利要求4或6所述的装置，其特征在于，该激光发射模块具有一个或多个该驱动电路，每个该驱动电路驱动一个或多个该半导体激光器。
  8. 如权利要求4或6所述的装置，其特征在于，该激光发射控制模块设置在该发射电路板上，或者，该激光发射控制模块设置在控制电路板上，该控制电路板通过连接器连接至该发射电路板。
  9. 如权利要求1所述的装置，其特征在于，任意两个经该发射镜组调节后的出射光的方向不相同。
  10. 如权利要求1所述的装置，其特征在于，该激光接收装置包括：
    N个光电传感器单元，每个该光电传感器单元包括该光电传感器及其外围电路；
    竖直放置的接收电路板，该N个光电传感器设置在该接收电路板上；
    传感器阵列控制电路，用于控制该N个光电传感器的选通。
  11. 如权利要求1所述的装置，其特征在于，该N个半导体激光器的发光面位于该发射镜组的焦面上，该N个光电传感器位于该接收镜组的接收像面上。
  12. 一种应用于权利要求1所述激光雷达装置的通道选通方法，其特征在于，该方法包括：
    按照设定次序，依次选通该N个半导体激光器，当第n个半导体激光器被选通时，第n个光电传感器相应被选通。
  13. 如权利要求12所述的方法，其特征在于，该方法进一步包括：
    对该N个半导体激光器分成多个区块，按照预设的第一顺序，依次选通各该区块，每个区块中依照预设的第二顺序依次选通各个半导体激光器。
  14. 如权利要求12所述的方法，其特征在于，该方法进一步包括：
    步骤1，该发射阵列共有X行Y列，每列的第x个半导体激光器组成一行，依次选通该发射阵列中第x行中的各个半导体激光器，x＝1，2……X，X、Y均为正整数；
    步骤2，x加1，继续执行步骤1；
    或者，该方法进一步包括：
    步骤10，该发射阵列共有X行Y列，每列的第x个半导体激光器组成一行，依次选通该发射阵列中第y列中的各个半导体激光器，y＝1，2……Y，X、Y均为正整数；
    步骤20，y加1，继续执行步骤10；
    或者，该方法进一步包括：
    步骤100，选通第2a+1个半导体激光器，a加1，循环执行步骤100，直到2a+1＝N或者2a+1＝N-1，执行步骤200，a＝0、1、2……；
    步骤200，选通第2b+2个半导体激光器，b加1，循环执行步骤200，直到2b+2＝N或者2b+2＝N-1，b＝0、1、2……。
  15. 一种激光雷达装置，其特征在于，所述装置包括光机结构组件、激光测距模块和360°扫描驱动模块，其中：
    所述光机结构组件进一步包括轴系结构和光学窗口，所述轴系结构为所述激光测距模块的旋转轴；
    所述激光测距模块包括发射镜组、接收镜组、激光发射装置和激光接收装置；
    所述360°扫描驱动模块包括扫描机构、扫描驱动及控制电路，所述扫描机构的扫描轴与所述轴系结构同轴，并带动所述激光测距模块围绕所述轴系结构旋转，实现360°激光扫描探测；
    该激光发射装置具有N个半导体激光器，排列成发射阵列，用于发射N个出射光，该N个半导体激光器设置于该激光发射装置的M个发射电路板上，M小于N；
    该发射镜组用于调节该N个出射光的角度；
    该接收镜组用于调节入射光的角度；
    该激光接收装置具有N个光电传感器，排列成接收阵列，用于接收经该接收镜组调节后的入射光；
    其中，第n个该半导体激光器在该发射阵列中的位置与第n个该光电传感器在该接收阵列中的位置相同，n＝1、2……N，N为正整数，M为正整数，该发射镜组与该接收镜组具有对应光路，使得第n个该半导体激光器发出的出射光经目标物反射后入射至该第n个该光电传感器。
  16. 如权利要求15所述的装置，其特征在于，该激光发射装置与该激光接收装置的设置高度相同或不同。
  17. 如权利要求15所述的装置，其特征在于，该激光发射装置进一步包括：
    一个或多个激光发射模块，该激光发射模块包括一竖直放置的该发射电路板、多个该半导体激光器和驱动电路，多个该半导体激光器安置在该发射电路板上，该驱动电路与多个该半导体激光器连接以驱动多个该半导体激光器发光，多个该半导体激光器的出光方向组成的出光面与该发射电路板平行；
    激光发射控制模块，与所述激光发射模块连接，以控制该驱动电路驱动对应的半导体激光器发光；
    或者，该激光发射装置进一步包括：
    至少一个激光发射模块，该激光发射模块包括一竖直放置的该发射电路板、该N个半导体激光器和驱动电路，该N个半导体激光器安置在该发射电路板上，该驱动电路与该多个半导体激光器连接以驱动该多个半导体激光器发光，该发射阵列中的每一列的出光方向组成的出光面与该发射电路板垂直；
    激光发射控制模块，与该激光发射模块连接，以控制该激光发射模块的驱动电路驱动对应的半导体激光器发光。
  18. 根据权利要求15所述装置，其特征在于，
    所述光机结构组件为圆柱或圆台或立方体。
PCT/CN2018/000123 2017-04-01 2018-03-30 一种激光雷达装置及其通道选通方法 WO2018176972A1 (zh)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US16/589,078 US20200033450A1 (en) 2017-04-01 2019-09-30 Lidar device and channel gating method thereof

Applications Claiming Priority (6)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CN201710213213.6A CN107085207B (zh) 2017-04-01 2017-04-01 一种360°扫描探测激光雷达装置
CN201710213213.6 2017-04-01
CN201710654507.2A CN109387819A (zh) 2017-08-03 2017-08-03 一种激光雷达装置及其通道选通方法
CN201710654507.2 2017-08-03
CN201820228827 2018-02-09
CN201820228827.1 2018-02-09

Related Child Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US16/589,078 Continuation US20200033450A1 (en) 2017-04-01 2019-09-30 Lidar device and channel gating method thereof

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
WO2018176972A1 true WO2018176972A1 (zh) 2018-10-04

Family

ID=63675240

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
PCT/CN2018/000123 WO2018176972A1 (zh) 2017-04-01 2018-03-30 一种激光雷达装置及其通道选通方法

Country Status (2)

Country Link
US (1) US20200033450A1 (zh)
WO (1) WO2018176972A1 (zh)

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN109444903A (zh) * 2018-10-18 2019-03-08 华北水利水电大学 一种光学相控阵激光雷达装置
CN110376597A (zh) * 2019-08-08 2019-10-25 上海禾赛光电科技有限公司 激光雷达及其探测装置
CN111610510A (zh) * 2019-02-26 2020-09-01 深圳市速腾聚创科技有限公司 激光雷达系统
JP7548590B2 (ja) 2019-03-25 2024-09-10 セプトン テクノロジーズ，インコーポレイテッド ライダーシステムにおけるオプトエレクトロニクスコンポーネントの取り付け構成

Families Citing this family (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JP2020526754A (ja) * 2017-07-05 2020-08-31 アウスター インコーポレイテッド 電子走査型エミッタアレイ及び同期センサアレイを備えた測距デバイス
US11977184B2 (en) 2018-01-09 2024-05-07 Seyond, Inc. LiDAR detection systems and methods that use multi-plane mirrors
JP6927101B2 (ja) * 2018-03-13 2021-08-25 オムロン株式会社 光検出装置、光検出方法及びライダー装置
CN114114295A (zh) 2018-06-15 2022-03-01 图达通爱尔兰有限公司 用于聚焦感兴趣的范围的lidar系统和方法
US20200191957A1 (en) * 2018-12-18 2020-06-18 Didi Research America, Llc Transmitter having beam-shaping component for light detection and ranging (lidar)
CN111638498B (zh) * 2019-02-14 2023-10-13 宁波舜宇车载光学技术有限公司 单层片式激光雷达设备及其制造方法
JP7433819B2 (ja) * 2019-09-19 2024-02-20 株式会社東芝 距離計測装置、及び距離計測方法
CN112639514B (zh) * 2020-07-07 2024-02-23 深圳市速腾聚创科技有限公司 激光接收装置、激光雷达及智能感应设备
KR102450708B1 (ko) * 2021-06-21 2022-10-06 주식회사 에스오에스랩 라이다 장치에 대한 제작 방법 및 라이다 장치에 대한 제작 방법을 구현하기 위한 액티브 얼라인 장치
CN116359886B (zh) * 2021-12-27 2023-12-29 深圳市速腾聚创科技有限公司 一种雷达控制方法、终端设备及计算机可读存储介质

Citations (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20110216304A1 (en) * 2006-07-13 2011-09-08 Velodyne Acoustics, Inc. High definition lidar system
US20140293263A1 (en) * 2013-03-28 2014-10-02 James Justice LIDAR Comprising Polyhedron Transmission and Receiving Scanning Element
CN105824029A (zh) * 2016-05-10 2016-08-03 深圳市速腾聚创科技有限公司 多线激光雷达
CN106125063A (zh) * 2015-05-07 2016-11-16 通用汽车环球科技运作有限责任公司 多波长阵列激光雷达
CN106371085A (zh) * 2016-10-27 2017-02-01 上海博未传感技术有限公司 一种基于光纤阵列的激光雷达系统
JP2017032431A (ja) * 2015-08-03 2017-02-09 三菱電機株式会社 レーザレーダ装置
CN107085207A (zh) * 2017-04-01 2017-08-22 北京图来激光科技有限公司 一种360°扫描探测激光雷达装置
CN206975215U (zh) * 2017-08-03 2018-02-06 北京图来激光科技有限公司 一种激光雷达装置
CN207134604U (zh) * 2017-08-03 2018-03-23 北京图来激光科技有限公司 一种激光发射装置及其激光雷达装置
CN207133424U (zh) * 2017-08-03 2018-03-23 北京图来激光科技有限公司 一种激光接收装置及其激光雷达装置

Family Cites Families (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5028802A (en) * 1990-01-11 1991-07-02 Eye Research Institute Of Retina Foundation Imaging apparatus and methods utilizing scannable microlaser source
US6399936B1 (en) * 1997-12-01 2002-06-04 New Dimension Research Instrument, Inc. Optical confocal device having a common light directing means
DE112011100812T5 (de) * 2010-03-05 2013-03-07 TeraDiode, Inc. System und Verfahren zur Wellenlängenstrahlkombination
JP5985661B2 (ja) * 2012-02-15 2016-09-06 アップル インコーポレイテッド 走査深度エンジン
US10126411B2 (en) * 2015-03-13 2018-11-13 Continental Advanced Lidar Solutions Us, Llc. Beam steering LADAR sensor
KR102705860B1 (ko) * 2016-08-24 2024-09-11 아우스터, 인크. 필드 내에서 거리 정보를 수집하기 위한 광학 시스템
US10305247B2 (en) * 2016-08-30 2019-05-28 Apple Inc. Radiation source with a small-angle scanning array

Patent Citations (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20110216304A1 (en) * 2006-07-13 2011-09-08 Velodyne Acoustics, Inc. High definition lidar system
US20140293263A1 (en) * 2013-03-28 2014-10-02 James Justice LIDAR Comprising Polyhedron Transmission and Receiving Scanning Element
CN106125063A (zh) * 2015-05-07 2016-11-16 通用汽车环球科技运作有限责任公司 多波长阵列激光雷达
JP2017032431A (ja) * 2015-08-03 2017-02-09 三菱電機株式会社 レーザレーダ装置
CN105824029A (zh) * 2016-05-10 2016-08-03 深圳市速腾聚创科技有限公司 多线激光雷达
CN106371085A (zh) * 2016-10-27 2017-02-01 上海博未传感技术有限公司 一种基于光纤阵列的激光雷达系统
CN107085207A (zh) * 2017-04-01 2017-08-22 北京图来激光科技有限公司 一种360°扫描探测激光雷达装置
CN206975215U (zh) * 2017-08-03 2018-02-06 北京图来激光科技有限公司 一种激光雷达装置
CN207134604U (zh) * 2017-08-03 2018-03-23 北京图来激光科技有限公司 一种激光发射装置及其激光雷达装置
CN207133424U (zh) * 2017-08-03 2018-03-23 北京图来激光科技有限公司 一种激光接收装置及其激光雷达装置

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN109444903A (zh) * 2018-10-18 2019-03-08 华北水利水电大学 一种光学相控阵激光雷达装置
CN111610510A (zh) * 2019-02-26 2020-09-01 深圳市速腾聚创科技有限公司 激光雷达系统
JP7548590B2 (ja) 2019-03-25 2024-09-10 セプトン テクノロジーズ，インコーポレイテッド ライダーシステムにおけるオプトエレクトロニクスコンポーネントの取り付け構成
CN110376597A (zh) * 2019-08-08 2019-10-25 上海禾赛光电科技有限公司 激光雷达及其探测装置
CN110376597B (zh) * 2019-08-08 2021-09-10 上海禾赛科技有限公司 激光雷达及其探测装置

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
US20200033450A1 (en) 2020-01-30

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
WO2018176972A1 (zh) 一种激光雷达装置及其通道选通方法
CN214895784U (zh) 光探测装置及行驶载具
US10305247B2 (en) Radiation source with a small-angle scanning array
US11428788B2 (en) Laser measurement module and laser radar
CN109557550B (zh) 三维固态激光雷达装置及系统
JP2022541007A (ja) プリズム及びマルチビームレーザーレーダー
WO2022213814A1 (zh) 一种探测装置及其控制方法
CN206975215U (zh) 一种激光雷达装置
CN109387819A (zh) 一种激光雷达装置及其通道选通方法
CN110389354B (zh) 一种多线激光雷达及其驱动方法
EP3958012A1 (en) Prism and multi-beam lidar system
CN110389355B (zh) 一种多线激光雷达
CN207134604U (zh) 一种激光发射装置及其激光雷达装置
CN110609295B (zh) 一种多线激光雷达及其驱动方法
CN211653130U (zh) 激光发射阵列、扫描装置、激光雷达及智能车辆、无人机
EP3572842A1 (en) Laser radar system and laser ranging method
US20240061114A1 (en) Optical detection device, driving vehicle, laser radar and detection method
CN110118961B (zh) 光线发射模块和激光雷达
CN109581323B (zh) 一种微机电激光雷达系统
CN114152933A (zh) 光发射模块、光探测模块、激光雷达及其测距方法
KR20200143049A (ko) 라이다 광학 장치
US20190317195A1 (en) Lidar system and laser ranging method
CN111856429A (zh) 多线激光雷达及其控制方法
CN216646804U (zh) 光发射模块、光探测模块及激光雷达
CN110231628B (zh) 一种三维激光雷达及其定位方法

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
121 Ep: the epo has been informed by wipo that ep was designated in this application

Ref document number: 18775907

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: A1

NENP Non-entry into the national phase

Ref country code: DE

122 Ep: pct application non-entry in european phase

Ref document number: 18775907

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: A1