title: Small obstacle avoidance sensor.
abstract: This paper describes a laser ranging sensor that is suitable for applications like small unmanned aerial vehicles. The hardware consists of a diode emitter array and line-scan charge coupled devices. A structured-light technique measures ranges up to 30 meters for 64 field angles in a 90 degree field of view. Operation is eye safe, and the laser wavelength is not visible to night vision goggles. This paper describes a specific sensor design in order to illustrate performance for a given package size.
authors.affiliation: RHV Consulting, LLC, 760 Jacktown Road, Lexington, VA 24450, USA. vollmer@udel.edu
authors.forename: Richard H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Vollmerhausen
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D018986:Motor Vehicles; D010783:Photometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014159:Transducers