ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,386, issued on July 28.

"Lidar system capable of realizing 360deg rotary scanning" was invented by Huaichang Jia (Zhongshan, China) and Runjuan Yuan (Zhongshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a lidar system capable of realizing 360deg rotary scanning, which comprises a laser emitting unit, a laser receiving unit, a 360deg scanning rotary base, an upper reflecting plane mirror and a lower reflecting plane mirror, wherein the upper reflecting plane mirror and the lower reflecting plane mirror are arranged vertically, and obliquely installed at an angle of 45deg on the same side of the rotary base, ...