Light detection and ranging system

摘要

A method for determining a range to a target comprises rotating a mirror unit around a scan axis. A light pulse is reflected off of a transmitting portion of the mirror unit toward the target. A light pulse, received from the target, is reflected off of a receiving portion of the mirror unit toward a receiver. The method includes compensating for a lag angle, caused by the rotation of the mirror unit around the axis, between the time the light pulse is reflected from the transmitting portion and the time the received light pulse is reflected from the receiving portion. The compensation includes angularly offsetting the transmitting portion about the scan axis from a surface plane of the receiving portion.