US 12,111,425 B2
Simulator device
Kento Aono, Tochigi-ken (JP); and Shoji Matsuda, Tochigi-ken (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/277,322
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/035440
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/059568, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-177986 (JP), filed on Sep. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0026546 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. G01S 7/497 (2006.01); G02B 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 7/497 (2013.01) [G02B 19/0009 (2013.01); G02B 19/0047 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A simulator device for use with a LiDAR that illuminates a plurality of scanning positions with laser light, the simulator device generating false light corresponding to the laser light and emitting the false light to the LiDAR, the simulator device comprising:
condenser units configured to collect the laser light emitted to the plurality of scanning positions; and
a simulator configured to generate, in correspondence with the laser light collected by the condenser units, the false light simulating scattered light produced in a given position, and to emit the false light to the LiDAR through the condenser units,
wherein the simulator includes
one light source that generates the false light,
one reflecting mirror that reflects the false light generated by the light source onto the condenser units,
a mirror drive unit that rotates the reflecting mirror, and
a controller that controls an operation of the light source and an operation of the mirror drive unit so that the false light enters the condenser units.