A vehicle sensing system may include a housing for containing sensor electronics, the housing having at least one window being aligned with at least one of the sensor electronics within the housing, a fan arranged on the housing and configured to provide airflow through the housing, and a conditioning element having a plurality of fins forming configured to receive the airflow from the fan to cool the sensor electronics and to direct warmed air from the fins onto the window to provide the warmed air to the window.

A lidar system for scanning a field of regard is described having first and second light beams and first and second detectors. The light beams pass through a lateral beam shifting device prior to being directed to a beam scanner. The lateral beam shifting device reduces the overall size of the emitted and returned light beams thus reducing the size of scanner components. Lateral beam shifting devices may be a single rhomboid prism, a pair of rhomboid prisms, a pair of mirrors, or a single mirror or prism.

Method and apparatus for using light detection and ranging (LiDAR) to assist the visually impaired. In some embodiments, a LiDAR system is affixed to a selected finger of a user and used to emit light pulses within a field of view (FoV) before the user. Reflected pulses are detected to generate a point cloud representation of the FoV. A sensory input is provided to the user that describes the point cloud representation of the FoV. The sensory input may be haptic, auditory or some other form. In some cases, a glove is worn by the user and a separate LiDAR system is affixed to each finger portion of the glove to provide a composite scanning and detection operation. Preconfigured hand gestures by the user can be used to change the operational configuration of the system.

There is provided an image module package including a substrate, a photo sensor chip, a molded transparent layer and a glass filter. The substrate has an upper surface. The photo sensor chip is attached to the upper surface of the substrate and electrically connected to the substrate. The molded transparent layer covers the photo sensor chip and a part of the upper surface of the substrate, wherein a top surface of the molded transparent layer is formed with a receptacle opposite to the photo sensor chip. The glass filter is accommodated in the receptacle.

A glass includes: a plurality of components (in wt.-%) as follows:

TABLE-US-00001 Component Proportion (% by weight) SiO.sub.2 50-80  Al.sub.2O.sub.3 0-10 B.sub.2O.sub.3 0-15 Li.sub.2O 0-20 Na.sub.2O 0-20 K.sub.2O 0-25 BaO 0-10 CaO 0-10 MgO 0-10 ZnO 0-10 La.sub.2O.sub.3 0-20 TiO.sub.2 0-5  Cl 0-3  MnO.sub.2 0.2-5.0  Cr.sub.2O.sub.3 0.05-3.0,.sup. 
a sum of a plurality of proportions of Li.sub.2O, Na.sub.2O and K.sub.2O being in a range of from 5.0 to 30.0 wt.-%, a sum of a plurality of amounts of MnO.sub.2 and Cr.sub.2O.sub.3 being at least 0.3 wt.-%, and a ratio of a plurality of proportions of MnO.sub.2 (in wt.-%) and Cr.sub.2O.sub.3 (in wt.-%) being in a range of from 1.5:1 to 12.5:1.

A system and method for measuring three-dimensional (3D) coordinate values of an environment is provided. The system includes a movable base unit a first scanner and a second scanner. One or more processors performing a method that includes causing the first scanner to determine first plurality of coordinate values in a first frame of reference based at least in part on a measurement by at least one sensor. The second scanner determines a second plurality of 3D coordinate values in a second frame of reference as the base unit is moved from a first position to a second position. The determining of the first coordinate values and the second plurality of 3D coordinate values being performed simultaneously. The second plurality of 3D coordinate values are registered in a common frame of reference based on the first plurality of coordinate values.

A sensor enclosure comprises a cover and a structure. The structure can be encased by the cover. The structure comprises a frame, a ring, and one or more anchoring posts. The frame can be configured to mount one or more sensors. The ring, disposed peripherally to the frame, can be operatively coupled to the cover. The ring can include a drainage ring plate that drains rainwater accumulated on the cover away from the sensor enclosure. The one or more anchoring posts, disposed underneath the frame and the ring, can be used to anchor the sensor enclosure to a vehicle.

A laser scanner and a system with a laser scanner for measuring an environment. The laser scanner includes an optical distance measuring device, a support, a beam steering unit rotatably fixed to the support which rotates around a beam axis of rotation. The beam steering unit includes a mirrored surface which deflects radiation used in the optical distance measurement and an angle encoder for recording angle data. The optical distance measurement is performed by a progressive rotation of the beam steering unit about the beam axis of rotation and the continuous emission of a distance measurement radiation, the emission being made through an outlet area arranged in the direction of the mirrored surface on the support, the receiving optics for receiving radiation are arranged on the support, and wherein the outlet area has a lateral offset with respect to the optical axis of the receiving optics.

A vehicle trim assembly includes a first trim component having an interior facing surface and an exterior facing surface, the first trim component including an extended portion, a second trim component including an edge defining a groove configured to engage with the extended portion of the first trim component, and a single chip sensor overmolded with the second trim component such that the single chip sensor is integrated into the second trim component. The single chip sensor is formed with the second trim component in a multi-shot injection molding process.

A LIDAR (1) includes at least one light emitting output (11) and at least one light receiving input (12), at least one light source (2) adapted to emit pulsed laser radiation and at least one light detector (3) adapted to receive reflected laser radiation. The light source (2) is coupled to a first port (411) of a duplexer (4), a fourth port (421) of the duplexer (4) is coupled to the light emitting output (11), and a third port (412) of the duplexer (4) is coupled to the light receiving input (12). A second port (422) of the duplexer (4) is coupled to the light detector (3). The LIDAR may be provided to a car or a robot, which employs the device and its method of operation, for optical remote sensing of a target (85).