Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optically gated detector arrangement
- Patent Title (中): 光学门控检测器布置
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Application No.: US14296340Application Date: 2014-06-04
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Publication No.: US09568604B2Publication Date: 2017-02-14
- Inventor: Scott T Smith , Iain A. McAllister , Jeffrey N. Gleason , Neil MacKinnon
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.
- Agent Robert C. Kowert
- Main IPC: G01C3/08
- IPC: G01C3/08 ; G01S17/10 ; G01S7/481 ; G03B13/36 ; G01S17/88 ; G01S7/486 ; G03B9/08

Abstract:
A camera includes a pulse transmitter for transmitting at a transmit time through an aperture and along an optical path to a target a coherent electromagnetic ranging pulse at a first wavelength range outside the visible spectrum. In some embodiments, the camera includes a reflected pulse detector for receiving a reflected electromagnetic pulse reflected by the target back along the optical path and through the aperture at a detect time subsequent to the transmit time. In some embodiments, the camera includes a shutter positioned for shielding the pulse detector from at least transmit time to an intermediate time between the transmit time and the detect time. In some embodiments, the shutter includes a layer of semiconductor material placed in the optical path at a point between the target and the detector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150355326A1 OPTICALLY GATED DETECTOR ARRANGEMENT Public/Granted day:2015-12-10
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