Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical elements for beam-shaping and illumination
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Application No.: US16750777Application Date: 2020-01-23
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Publication No.: US11650403B2Publication Date: 2023-05-16
- Inventor: Robin Sharma , Andrew John Ouderkirk , Christopher Yuan Ting Liao , Qi Zhang , Tanya Malhotra , Karol Constantine Hatzilias , Maik Scheller , Sheng Ye , Gregory Olegovic Andreev , Guohua Wei
- Applicant: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- Main IPC: G02B3/00
- IPC: G02B3/00 ; G02B27/01 ; G02B27/12 ; G02B19/00 ; G02B1/00 ; G02B5/04 ; G02B27/09 ; H01S5/00 ; H01S5/026 ; H01S5/183 ; H01S5/343

Abstract:
An example device may include a light source, an optical element, and, optionally, an encapsulant layer. A light beam generated by the light source may be received by the optical element and redirected towards an illumination target, such as an eye of a user. The optical element may include a material, for example, with a refractive index of at least approximately 2 at a wavelength of the light beam. The light source may be a semiconductor light source, such as a light-emitting diode or a laser. The optical element may be supported by an emissive surface of the light source. Refraction at an exit surface of the optical element, and/or within a metamaterial layer, may advantageously modify the beam properties, for example, in relation to illuminating a target. In some examples, the light source and optical element may be integrated into a monolithic light source module.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200259307A1 OPTICAL ELEMENTS FOR BEAM-SHAPING AND ILLUMINATION Public/Granted day:2020-08-13
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