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公开(公告)号:US20220082815A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-17
申请号:US17174703
申请日:2021-02-12
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Sangeun MUN , Hyeonsoo Park , Hyunsung Park , Seunghoon Han
Abstract: A meta-optical device includes a plurality of phase modulation areas configured to modulate a phase of an incident light, each of the plurality of phase modulation areas including a plurality of nanostructures having a shape and an arrangement that are determined according to a respective rule set for each of the plurality of phase modulation areas; and a compensation area located between a kth phase modulation area and a (k+1)th phase modulation area adjacent to each other, from among the plurality of phase modulation areas, and including a compensation structure for buffering an effective refractive index change occurring in a boundary area between the kth phase modulation area and the (k+1)th phase modulation area according to respective rules of the kth phase modulation area and the (k+1)th phase modulation area, wherein N is a number of the plurality of phase modulation areas, k and N are natural numbers, and k is equal to or greater than 1 and less than N.
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公开(公告)号:US11175010B2
公开(公告)日:2021-11-16
申请号:US16577621
申请日:2019-09-20
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Seunghoon Han , Jangwoo You , Minkyung Lee
IPC: F21V5/00 , F21V5/04 , H05B47/105
Abstract: Provided are an illumination device and an electronic apparatus. The illumination device includes a light source configured to emit light, a surface light source layer configured to convert the light emitted from the light source to surface light, a focusing lens configured to focus the surface light from the surface light source layer, and a display panel including an aperture through which light focused by the focusing lens passes.
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公开(公告)号:US11089286B2
公开(公告)日:2021-08-10
申请号:US16284087
申请日:2019-02-25
Inventor: Amir Arbabi , Seunghoon Han , Andrei Faraon
IPC: H04N3/22 , H04N13/229 , G02B5/20 , G02B3/00 , H01L27/146 , G03B35/10 , H04N5/225
Abstract: An image sensor includes a substrate, a first thin lens configured to concentrate light of a first wavelength, and including a plurality of first scatterers disposed on the substrate. The plurality of first scatterers includes a material having a refractive index greater than a refractive index of the substrate. The image sensor further includes a plurality of light-sensing cells configured to sense the light concentrated by the first thin lens.
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公开(公告)号:US11067877B2
公开(公告)日:2021-07-20
申请号:US16441559
申请日:2019-06-14
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Hyeonsoo Park , Seunghoon Han , Minkyung Lee
Abstract: Provided is a structured light projector including a light source configured to emit light, and a nanostructure array configured to form a dot pattern based on the light emitted by the light source, the nanostructure array including a plurality of super cells each respectively including a plurality of nanostructures, wherein each of the plurality of super cells includes a first sub cell that includes a plurality of first nanostructures having a first shape distribution and a second sub cell that includes a plurality of second nanostructures having a second shape distribution.
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公开(公告)号:US20210203133A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-01
申请号:US17185582
申请日:2021-02-25
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Byunghoon NA , Jangwoo You , Namseop Kwon , Minkyung Lee , Seunghoon Han
Abstract: Provided are a structured light projector that generates and projects structured light, and an electronic apparatus including the structured light projector. The structured light projector includes an illuminator configured to emit light, a pattern mask configured to form structured light by partially transmitting and partially blocking incident light from the illuminator based on a pattern of the pattern mask, and a lens configured to project the structured light. The illuminator includes a plurality of illumination areas respectively facing a plurality of areas of the pattern mask, wherein intensities of lights respectively emitted by the plurality of illumination areas are different from one other.
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公开(公告)号:US11037976B2
公开(公告)日:2021-06-15
申请号:US16527341
申请日:2019-07-31
Inventor: Amir Arbabi , Seunghoon Han , Andrei Faraon
IPC: H01L27/146 , H04N5/225 , G03B35/10
Abstract: An image sensor includes a substrate, thin lenses disposed on a first surface of the substrate and configured to concentrate lights incident on the first surface, and light-sensing cells disposed on a second surface of the substrate, the second surface facing the first surface, and the light-sensing cells being configured to sense lights passing through the thin lenses, and generate electrical signals based on the sensed lights. A first thin lens and second thin lens of the thin lenses are configured to concentrate a first light and a second light, respectively, of the incident lights onto the light-sensing cells, the first light having a different wavelength than the second light.
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公开(公告)号:US20210103075A1
公开(公告)日:2021-04-08
申请号:US17039068
申请日:2020-09-30
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Hyunsung Park , Hyeonsoo Park , Seunghoon Han
Abstract: A meta lens includes a first lens surface, and a second lens surface provided opposite to the first lens surface, wherein at least one of the first lens surface and the second lens surface is a metasurface including a plurality of nanostructures having a sub-wavelength dimension that is less than a central wavelength λ0 in an operation wavelength band of the meta lens, and wherein a deflection property of the first lens surface and a deflection property of the second lens surface based on positions of incident light are opposite to each other in at least some regions of each of the first lens surface and the second lens surface.
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公开(公告)号:US10942333B2
公开(公告)日:2021-03-09
申请号:US15923554
申请日:2018-03-16
Inventor: Seunghoon Han , Amir Arbabi , Andrei Faraon , Sungwoo Hwang , Jangwoo You , Byounglyong Choi
IPC: G02B9/14 , G02B13/00 , G02B9/12 , G02B13/18 , G02B27/00 , G02B1/00 , G02B3/08 , G02B5/18 , G02B9/10
Abstract: An optical system and an image sensor including the same are provided. The optical system includes first, second, and third optical devices. At least one of the first, second, and third optical devices is a thin-lens including nanostructures.
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公开(公告)号:US10938179B2
公开(公告)日:2021-03-02
申请号:US16360649
申请日:2019-03-21
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. , UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
Inventor: Byunghoon Na , Mahdad Mansouree , Seunghoon Han , Amir Arbabi
Abstract: Provided are an addressable laser array device and an electronic apparatus including the addressable laser array device. The addressable laser array device includes a plurality of VCSELs, each including a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR), a nanostructure reflector including a plurality of nanostructures having a sub-wavelength dimension, and a gain layer disposed between the DBR and the nanostructure reflector; a plurality of first wiring patterns extending in a first direction and being electrically connected to the plurality of VCSELs, respectively; and a plurality of second wiring patterns extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction and being electrically connected to the plurality of VCSELs, respectively, wherein the plurality of VCSELs are disposed at intersections of the plurality of first wiring patterns and the plurality of second wiring patterns, and the addressable VCSEL array device is configured to selectively drive at least some of the plurality of VCSELs.
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公开(公告)号:US10922828B2
公开(公告)日:2021-02-16
申请号:US16166334
申请日:2018-10-22
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Seunghoon Han , Byunghoon Na , Jangwoo You
IPC: G06T7/521 , G06T7/73 , G06T7/55 , G06T7/514 , H04N5/247 , H01S5/022 , G06F1/16 , H04N13/239 , H04N13/254 , H04N13/128 , H04N13/122 , G02B1/118 , G01B11/25 , G02B5/18 , H01S5/00 , H01S5/02216 , H04N13/00
Abstract: A meta projector is provided, including an edge emitting device configured to emit light through a side surface thereof, a meta-structure layer spaced apart from the upper surface of the edge emitting device that includes a plurality of nanostructures having a sub-wavelength dimension smaller than a wavelength of the light emitted from the edge emitting device, and a path changing member configured to change a path of the light emitted from the edge emitting device so as to direct the path toward the meta-structure layer. The meta projector may thus be configured to emit a light pattern of structured light, based on directing the light emitted from the edge emitting device through the meta-structure layer.
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