US 12,332,113 B2
Stray-light testing station
Chen David Lu, Campbell, CA (US); Matthew Thomas Daniel Rinehart, San Mateo, CA (US); Joshua Chia Fong Wang, San Jose, CA (US); and Michael Shagam, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/439,265.
Application 18/439,265 is a continuation of application No. 18/181,353, filed on Mar. 9, 2023, granted, now 11,933,666.
Application 18/181,353 is a continuation of application No. 16/373,437, filed on Apr. 2, 2019, granted, now 11,635,326, issued on Apr. 25, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0183707 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. G01J 1/02 (2006.01); G01J 1/04 (2006.01); G01J 1/44 (2006.01); H04N 25/00 (2023.01)
CPC G01J 1/0238 (2013.01) [G01J 1/0411 (2013.01); G01J 1/0437 (2013.01); G01J 1/0488 (2013.01); G01J 1/44 (2013.01); H04N 25/00 (2023.01); G01J 2001/4446 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
an illumination assembly comprising an extended light source and one or more optical elements arranged to direct a beam of light from the extended light source along an optical path;
an optical receiver assembly comprising a sensor and a lens receptacle configured to receive a lens module comprising one or more lenses and configured to position the lens module in the optical path so that the lens module focuses the beam of light from the extended light source to an image plane of the sensor; and
a moveable frame supporting the optical receiver assembly and/or the illumination assembly, the moveable frame comprising one or more adjustable alignment stages, wherein the adjustable alignment stages are configured to adjustably position the optical receiver assembly relative to the illumination assembly such that the beam of light along the optical path from the illumination assembly is adjustably incident on the optical receiver assembly for a range of angles of incidence between the illumination assembly and a field of view of the lens module of the optical receiver assembly.