Introducing the 360 Degree Laser Scanner Development Kit (RPLIDAR)

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neatofan2014:

zoomkat:

neatofan2014:
Hmmm, I have seen similar scanner in Neato products.
Are you authorized by Neato or not?

Does Neato hold the patent or exclusive rights on the laser package in question?

Yes, they got at least one patent for this.
DISTANCE SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD
DISTANCE SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - Patent application

That appears to be a patent application. Do you have a link to the actual patent issued for this application? Below is what appear to be the patents neato holds.

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=0&f=S&l=50&TERM1=neato&FIELD1=&co1=AND&TERM2=&FIELD2=&d=PTXT