Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photodetection system
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Application No.: US18529937Application Date: 2023-12-05
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Publication No.: US12204187B2Publication Date: 2025-01-21
- Inventor: Yasuhisa Inada , Atsushi Ishikawa , Yumiko Kato
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Rimon P.C.
- Priority: JP2018-199108 20181023
- Main IPC: G02F1/133
- IPC: G02F1/133 ; G02B6/12 ; G02B6/293 ; G02B6/35

Abstract:
An optical scan device includes an optical waveguide array, including a plurality of optical waveguides each of which propagates light along a first direction, that emits a light beam, the plurality of optical waveguides being arranged in a second direction that intersects the first direction, a phase shifter array including a plurality of phase shifters connected separately to each of the plurality of optical waveguides, a control circuit that controls a phase shift amount of each of the plurality of phase shifters and/or inputting of light to each of the plurality of phase shifters and thereby controls a direction and shape of the light beam that is emitted from the optical waveguide array, a photodetector that detects the light beam reflected by a physical object, and a signal processing circuit that generates distance distribution data on the basis of output from the photodetector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240134220A1 PHOTODETECTION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2024-04-25
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