US Patent Issued to Luminar Technologies on Feb. 10 for "Imaging system having coil on mirror actuator" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,991, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Luminar Technologies Inc. (Orlando, Fla.).

"Imaging system having coil on mirror actuator" was invented by Sean P. Hughes (Casselberry, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scanner for a lidar system is configured to direct emitted light to scan a field of regard of the lidar system in accordance with a scan pattern. The scanner includes a mirror and an actuator assembly. The mirror includes a reflective surface and a rear surface and is pivotable along a mirror axle. The actuator assembly is disposed along the rear surface of the mirror and is configured to exert a torque on the mirror to cau...