Fig. 1. Schematics of 8-ch scanning LiDAR based on a rotating mirror.
Fig. 2. Block-diagram for operating of 8-ch scanning LiDAR based on the object detection algorithm.
Fig. 3. Photogragh of the fabricated 8-ch scanning LiDAR.
Fig. 4. Fabricated 8-ch scanning LiDAR; (a) The motor scanning speed and (b) laser frequency.
Fig. 5. Experimental schematic about detection distance of the fabricated 8-ch scanning LiDAR.
Fig. 8. Object mapping results for detection target base on coordinate system.
Fig. 9. Experimental environment picture for object detection verification base on 8-ch scanning LiDAR and algorithm.
Fig. 10. Object detection results of the day time.
Fig. 11. Object detection results of the night time.
Fig. 6. (a) Experimental picture and (b) the results of reflection as the distance.
Fig. 7. Diagram of the signal processing based on object detection algorithm.
Table 1. The specifications of our developed LiDAR and conventional LiDAR sensor.
Table 2. The calculation formula for object recognition.
Table 3. Object detection results base on the calculation formula.
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