Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrical tuning of resonant scanning
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Application No.: US14955060Application Date: 2015-12-01
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Publication No.: US09869858B2Publication Date: 2018-01-16
- Inventor: Yuval Gerson , Alexander Shpunt
- Applicant: APPLE INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: D. Kligler IP Services Ltd.
- Main IPC: G01S17/42
- IPC: G01S17/42 ; G02B26/10 ; B81B3/00 ; B81C1/00 ; G01S7/481 ; G01S17/89 ; G01S7/497 ; G02B26/08 ; G01S17/10

Abstract:
A scanning device includes a frame, having a central opening, and an array including a plurality of parallel mirrors contained within the central opening of the frame. Hinges respectively connect the mirrors to the frame and define respective, mutually-parallel axes of rotation of the mirrors relative to the frame. A main drive applies a driving force to the array so as to drive an oscillation of the mirrors about the hinges at a resonant frequency of the array. A sensor is configured to detect a discrepancy in a synchronization of the oscillation among the mirrors in the array, and an adjustment circuit applies a corrective signal to at least one of the mirrors in order to alleviate the detected discrepancy.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170153445A1 Electrical tuning of resonant scanning Public/Granted day:2017-06-01
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