Detailed Description
In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present application more comprehensible, embodiments accompanying the present application are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the application and are not limiting of the application. It should be further noted that, for the convenience of description, only some of the structures related to the present application are shown in the drawings, not all of the structures. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.
The terms "comprising" and "having," as well as any variations thereof, in this application are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those steps or elements listed, but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed, or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the application. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.
Referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of the present application provides an autonomous mobile apparatus, including: an apparatus body 3 and a laser radar system (not shown). The laser radar system is arranged on the equipment body 3 and is electrically connected with the equipment body 3. The lidar system may collect environmental information based on transmission and reception of laser light and transfer the environmental information to the apparatus body 3, and the apparatus body 3 may implement various processing operations, such as positioning and/or mapping, identifying obstacle information, and the like, based on the received environmental information.
The autonomous moving apparatus of the present embodiment may be any mechanical apparatus capable of performing spatial movement highly autonomously in its working environment, and may be, for example, an unmanned vehicle, an unmanned aerial vehicle, a robot, or the like. The autonomous moving device may be a cleaning robot, other service robots, or the like. The cleaning robot is a robot capable of autonomously performing a cleaning task in its working environment, and includes a floor cleaning robot, a glass cleaning robot, and the like. Other service type robots refer to robots that can autonomously move in their working environment and provide non-cleaning services, and include air cleaning robots, home accompanying robots, guest welcoming robots, and the like.
The shape of the autonomous mobile device may vary depending on the implementation of the autonomous mobile device. The present embodiment does not limit the form of the autonomous moving apparatus, and takes the outer contour shape of the autonomous moving apparatus as an example, the outer contour shape of the autonomous moving apparatus may be an irregular shape or a regular shape. For example, the outer contour shape of the autonomous mobile apparatus may be a regular shape such as a circle, an ellipse, a square, a triangle, a drop, or a D-shape. Accordingly, what is called irregular shapes other than the regular shape, such as an outer contour of a humanoid robot, an outer contour of an unmanned vehicle, and an outer contour of an unmanned vehicle, belong to the irregular shape.
The lidar system comprises a laser sensor 2 and a reflecting device 1, the laser sensor 2 comprising a lasing array 21. The reflection device 1 is located on the laser light path of the laser emission array 21. The reflection surface 11 of the reflection device 1 faces the light emitting surface of the laser emission array 21. The reflecting surface 11 of the reflecting device 1 and the light emitting surface of the laser emitting array 21 form a preset angle, and the preset angle is greater than 0 and smaller than 90 degrees.
The reflecting surface 11 of the reflecting device 1 and the light emitting surface of the laser emitting array 21 are arranged in an angle mode, so that light emitted by the laser emitting array 21 is turned to the light path through the reflecting device 1 and is diffused all around, 360-degree laser diffusion and collection can be achieved, and the working environment can be sensed more effectively. It can be seen that the laser emitting array 21 does not need to be rotated to obtain 360 ° environmental information.
The embodiment of the application provides an autonomous mobile device, because the light emitting area of laser emission array 21 and the plane of reflection 11 of reflect meter 1 become preset the angle, plane of reflection 11 of reflect meter 1 is the slope setting for the light emitting of laser emission array 21 promptly, make only can 360 degrees ground gather environmental information through the laser emission array 21 of a fixed setting, thereby be favorable to realizing quick location and/or building the picture, processing operations such as quick discernment barrier information, compare and adopt traditional laser radar scheme, moreover, the steam generator is simple in structure, and the cost is lower.
In one embodiment, the lidar system is provided at an upper portion of the apparatus body 3. In a possible implementation manner, the laser emitting array 21 may be disposed inside the apparatus body 3, and the reflection device 2 may partially extend out of the top surface of the apparatus body 3, so that the laser emitted by the laser emitting array 21 is turned around and dispersed around the reflection device 1, that is, the external environment information of the apparatus body 3 may be acquired 360 degrees by the laser emitting array disposed inside the apparatus body 3, thereby facilitating the processing operations of fast positioning and/or mapping, fast identification of obstacle information, and the like.
In one embodiment, the laser emitting array 21 emits laser light in a second direction perpendicular to the plane of the apparatus body 3, and the laser light in the second direction emitted by the laser emitting array 21 is reflected by the reflecting device 2 to form laser light in the first direction. That is, the laser emitting array 21 may reflect the laser light in the vertical direction to form the laser light in the horizontal direction. The autonomous mobile device of the embodiment can rotate the laser emitted in the vertical direction into the omnidirectional laser in the horizontal direction only through the laser emitting array 21 and the reflecting device, so that the structure of the autonomous mobile device is simpler, and the whole structure of the autonomous mobile device is more reliable and the service life is longer because a rotating part is not needed.
In a possible implementation, the reflecting device 1 is an optical element comprising at least one reflecting surface 11. In one embodiment, at least one of the reflecting surfaces 11 of the optical element is configured as a conical or pyramidal surface. For example, the reflecting surfaces 11 obliquely arranged with respect to the light emitting surface of the laser light emitting array 21 form a conical surface around a center line, or 3, 4 or more reflecting surfaces 11 obliquely arranged with respect to the light emitting surface of the laser light emitting array 21 constitute a triangular pyramid, a rectangular pyramid or more pyramid surface. In this way, the light emitted from the laser emitting array 21 can form an omnidirectional divergence of 360 ° through the optical element.
In one embodiment, the optical element may be a lens, a mirror, or the like having a light reflecting function.
In one possible implementation, the laser sensor 2 is an area array laser sensor. The environmental information acquired by the area array laser sensor not only contains direction and distance information, but also adds reflectivity information of the surface of an object, and is assisted with a deep learning technology under a three-dimensional scene, so that the cognitive ability of environmental elements can be realized. When the number of laser lines is large and dense, the data formed by the reflectivity information can be regarded as texture information, environmental features with matching and identification values can be obtained from the texture information, the environment identification capability is strong, and advantages brought by a visual algorithm and the texture information can be enjoyed to a certain extent. In addition, the area array laser sensor has the following advantages: 1) the area array laser sensor has the advantages of solid stating, low cost and miniaturization; 2) when the area array laser sensor is installed and used, a rotating part is not needed, the structure and the size of the sensor can be greatly compressed, the service life is prolonged, and the cost is reduced; 3) the visual angle of the area array laser sensor can be adjusted, and the area array laser sensor can be adapted to different autonomous mobile devices, so that the scanning speed and the scanning precision can be accelerated; 4) the area array laser sensor can simultaneously collect environmental information in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, can build a 3D map, and is beneficial to improving the accuracy of functions such as positioning, navigation planning and the like based on the map.
In one possible implementation, the laser sensor 2 is a time-of-flight laser sensor.
Referring to fig. 2, the laser sensor 2 further includes an information collecting module 22, the information collecting module 22 and the light emitting surface are located on the same side of the reflection device 1, and the information collecting module 22 is substantially parallel or coplanar with the light emitting surface.
The working principle of the time-of-flight laser sensor 2 is as follows: the laser emitting array 21 emits light outwards through the optical element in front of the laser emitting array, and after the emitted light reaches the surface of an object, a part of the emitted light is reflected back and forms pixel points on an image through the optical element in front of the information collecting module 22. And because the distances from the surface of the object to the return point are different, the flight Time (TOF) of reflected light is different, and independent distance information can be obtained by each pixel point through measuring the flight time of the reflected light. The detection range of the flight time laser sensor 2 can reach more than one hundred meters. In addition, the information acquisition module 22 of the area array laser sensor 2 can also acquire images of the surrounding environment, so as to realize fast 3D imaging with resolution of megapixels, and the imaging frequency is more than 30 frames per second.
In a possible implementation, the laser emitting array 21 constitutes a linear, circular or annular emitting array. The laser emitting array 21 can emit circular laser and form a horizontal circular laser network after being reflected by the reflecting device 1, so that the circular laser can be uniformly scattered around, and further, a surrounding image can be rapidly acquired through the information acquisition module 22.
In one possible implementation, the laser emitting array 21 is formed as at least two concentric circular ring type emitting arrays, at least two circular ring type emitting arrays having different radii. The laser light emitted by more than two emitting arrays can form a three-dimensional circular ring-shaped laser network in space after being reflected by the reflecting device 1.
The lidar system further includes an information processing module (not shown) electrically connected to the information acquisition module 22, where the information processing module performs processing operations based on the environmental information acquired by the information acquisition module 22, for example, the information processing module may perform fast positioning and/or mapping, obstacle information identification, and the like based on the environmental information.
In a possible implementation manner, the lidar system may not include an information processing module, the information processing module is disposed inside the device body 3 of the autonomous mobile device, the environmental information collected by the lidar system may be sent to the information processing module, and the information processing module processes the collected environmental information.
With reference to fig. 1 and fig. 2, an embodiment of the present application provides a laser radar system. The lidar system comprises a laser sensor 2 and a reflecting device 1, the laser sensor 2 comprising a lasing array 21. The reflection device 1 is located on the laser light path of the laser emission array 21. The reflection surface 11 of the reflection device 1 faces the light emitting surface of the laser emission array 21. The reflecting surface 11 of the reflecting device 1 and the light emitting surface of the laser emitting array 21 form a preset angle, and the preset angle is greater than 0 and smaller than 90 degrees.
The reflecting surface 11 of the reflecting device 1 and the light emitting surface of the laser emitting array 21 are arranged in an angle mode, so that light emitted by the laser emitting array 21 is turned to the light path through the reflecting device 1 and is diffused all around, 360-degree laser diffusion and collection can be achieved, and the working environment can be sensed more effectively. It can be seen that the laser emitting array 21 of the embodiment of the present application can obtain 360 ° environmental information without rotation.
The embodiment of the application provides a laser radar system, because the light emitting area of laser emission array 21 and the plane of reflection 11 of reflect meter 1 become preset the angle, plane of reflection 11 of reflect meter 1 is for the slope setting of the luminous face of laser emission array 21 promptly, make only can 360 degrees ground gather environmental information through the laser emission array 21 of a fixed setting, thereby be favorable to realizing quick location and/or building the picture, processing operations such as quick discernment barrier information, compare traditional laser radar scheme, moreover, the steam generator is simple in structure, and the cost is lower.
In a possible implementation, the reflecting device 1 is an optical element comprising at least one reflecting surface 11. In one embodiment, at least one of the reflecting surfaces 11 of the optical element is configured as a conical or pyramidal surface. For example, the reflecting surfaces 11 obliquely arranged with respect to the light emitting surface of the laser light emitting array 21 form a conical surface around a center line, or 3, 4 or more reflecting surfaces 11 obliquely arranged with respect to the light emitting surface of the laser light emitting array 21 constitute a triangular pyramid, a rectangular pyramid or more pyramid surface. In this way, the light emitted from the laser emitting array 21 can form an omnidirectional divergence of 360 ° through the optical element.
In one embodiment, the optical element may be a lens, a mirror, or the like having a light reflecting function.
In one possible implementation, the laser sensor 2 is an area array laser sensor. The environmental information acquired by the area array laser sensor not only contains direction and distance information, but also adds reflectivity information of the surface of an object, and is assisted with a deep learning technology under a three-dimensional scene, so that the cognitive ability of environmental elements can be realized. When the number of laser lines is large and dense, the data formed by the reflectivity information can be regarded as texture information, environmental features with matching and identification values can be obtained from the texture information, the environment identification capability is strong, and advantages brought by a visual algorithm and the texture information can be enjoyed to a certain extent. In addition, the area array laser sensor has the following advantages: 1) the area array laser sensor has the advantages of solid stating, low cost and miniaturization; 2) when the area array laser sensor is installed and used, a rotating part is not needed, the structure and the size of the sensor can be greatly compressed, the service life is prolonged, and the cost is reduced; 3) the visual angle of the area array laser sensor can be adjusted, and the area array laser sensor can be adapted to different autonomous mobile devices, so that the scanning speed and the scanning precision can be accelerated; 4) the area array laser sensor can simultaneously collect environmental information in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, can build a 3D map, and is beneficial to improving the accuracy of functions such as positioning, navigation planning and the like based on the map.
In one possible implementation, the laser sensor 2 is a time-of-flight laser sensor.
Referring to fig. 2, the laser sensor 2 further includes an information collecting module 22, the information collecting module 22 and the light emitting surface are located on the same side of the reflection device 1, and the information collecting module 22 is substantially parallel or coplanar with the light emitting surface.
The working principle of the time-of-flight laser sensor 2 is as follows: the laser emitting array 21 emits light outwards through the optical element in front of the laser emitting array, and after the emitted light reaches the surface of an object, a part of the emitted light is reflected back and forms pixel points on an image through the optical element in front of the information collecting module 22. And because the distances from the surface of the object to the return point are different, the flight Time (TOF) of reflected light is different, and independent distance information can be obtained by each pixel point through measuring the flight time of the reflected light. The detection range of the flight time laser sensor 2 can reach more than one hundred meters. In addition, the information acquisition module 22 of the area array laser sensor 2 can also acquire images of the surrounding environment, so as to realize fast 3D imaging with resolution of megapixels, and the imaging frequency is more than 30 frames per second.
In a possible implementation, the laser emitting array 21 constitutes a linear, circular or annular emitting array. The laser emitting array 21 can emit circular laser and form a horizontal circular laser network after being reflected by the reflecting device 1, so that the circular laser can be uniformly scattered around, and further, a surrounding image can be rapidly acquired through the information acquisition module 22.
In one possible implementation, the laser emitting array 21 is formed as at least two concentric circular ring type emitting arrays, at least two circular ring type emitting arrays having different radii. The laser light emitted by more than two emitting arrays can form a three-dimensional circular ring-shaped laser network in space after being reflected by the reflecting device 1.
The lidar system further includes an information processing module (not shown) electrically connected to the information acquisition module 22, where the information processing module performs processing operations based on the environmental information acquired by the information acquisition module 22, for example, the information processing module may perform fast positioning and/or mapping, obstacle information identification, and the like based on the environmental information.
In one possible implementation, the lidar system may not include an information processing module, and the environmental information collected by the lidar system may be sent to other devices, such as an autonomous mobile device, where the collected environmental information is processed by the other devices.
The embodiment of the application provides a laser radar system and autonomous mobile device, because the light emitting area of laser emission array 21 and the plane of reflection 11 of reflect meter 1 become preset the angle, plane of reflection 11 of reflect meter 1 is personally submitted the slope setting for the light emitting of laser emission array 21 promptly, make only can 360 degrees ground gather environmental information through a laser emission array 21, thereby be favorable to realizing quick location and/or building the picture, operations such as quick discernment barrier information, compare traditional laser radar scheme, moreover, the steam generator is simple in structure, and the cost is lower.
The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications, equivalents, and equivalent structures or equivalent processes that can be used directly or indirectly in other related fields of technology shall be encompassed by the present invention.