HYBRID MEMS SCANNING MODULE
    22.
    发明申请
    HYBRID MEMS SCANNING MODULE 有权
    混合MEMS扫描模块

    公开(公告)号:US20160238834A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-18

    申请号:US14622942

    申请日:2015-02-16

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G02B26/085 G02B26/0833 G02B26/101 G02B26/105

    Abstract: A scanning device includes a base containing one or more rotational bearings disposed along a gimbal axis. A gimbal includes a shaft that fits into the rotational bearings so that the gimbal rotates about the gimbal axis relative to the base. A mirror assembly includes a semiconductor substrate, which has been etched and coated to define a support, which is fixed to the gimbal, at least one mirror, contained within the support, and a connecting member connecting the at least one mirror to the support and defining at least one mirror axis, about which the at least one mirror rotates relative to the support.

    Abstract translation: 扫描装置包括一个底座,该基座包含一个沿着万向轴设置的一个或多个旋转轴承。 万向节包括安装在旋转轴承中的轴,使得万向架相对于基座绕万向轴旋转。 反射镜组件包括半导体衬底,其被蚀刻和涂覆以限定固定到万向节的支撑件,容纳在支撑件内的至少一个反射镜,以及将至少一个反射镜连接到支撑件的连接构件,以及 限定至少一个反射镜轴,所述至少一个反射镜绕所述至少一个反射镜轴相对于所述支撑件旋转。

    DUAL-AXIS SCANNING MIRROR
    24.
    发明申请
    DUAL-AXIS SCANNING MIRROR 有权
    双轴扫描镜

    公开(公告)号:US20150260847A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-09-17

    申请号:US14416296

    申请日:2013-07-25

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    CPC classification number: G01S17/89 G01S7/4817 G02B26/085 G02B26/101 H02K33/16

    Abstract: Optical apparatus (64) includes a stator assembly (47), which includes a core (78, 90, 91) containing an air gap and one or more coils (80, 92, 94, 116, 120) including conductive wire wound on the core so as to cause the core to form a magnetic circuit through the air gap in response to an electrical current flowing in the conductive wire. A scanning mirror assembly (45, 83, 85, 130) includes a support structure (68), a base (72), which is mounted to rotate about a first axis relative to the support structure, and a mirror (46), which is mounted to rotate about a second axis relative to the base. At least one rotor (76, 132) includes one or more permanent magnets, which are fixed to the scanning mirror assembly and which are positioned in the air gap so as to move in response to the magnetic circuit. A driver (82) is coupled to generate the electrical current in the one or more coils.

    Abstract translation: 光学设备(64)包括定子组件(47),该定子组件包括一个包含气隙的芯体(78,90,91)和一个或多个线圈(80,92,94,116,120) 以使芯体响应于在导线中流动的电流而通过气隙形成磁路。 扫描反射镜组件(45,83,85,130)包括支撑结构(68),安装成围绕第一轴线相对于支撑结构旋转的基座(72)以及反射镜(46) 被安装成相对于底座围绕第二轴线旋转。 至少一个转子(76,132)包括一个或多个永久磁铁,它们固定在扫描反射镜组件上并且位于气隙中,以响应于磁路而移动。 驱动器(82)被耦合以产生一个或多个线圈中的电流。

    Direct retinal projector
    26.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12093446B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-17

    申请号:US17473901

    申请日:2021-09-13

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A direct retinal projector may include a gaze tracking system that tracks position of a subject's pupil and automatically adjusts projection of a scanned light field so that the light field enters the pupil. A control loop adjusts a scanning mirror to substantially center an IR beam on a position sensing detector (PSD). In so doing, the scanning mirror is correctly positioned so that the scanned light field from the projector enters the subject's pupil. In addition, a direct retinal projector may include an adjustable focusing element that adjusts focus of a combined light beam generated by a projector as the light beam is scanned to an ellipsoid mirror that reflects the light beam to the subject's pupil. The focusing of the scanned beam may be adjusted as the beam is scanned across the azimuth angle of the curved ellipsoid mirror.

    Non-uniform spatial resource allocation for depth mapping

    公开(公告)号:US10791320B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-29

    申请号:US16371143

    申请日:2019-04-01

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: A method for depth mapping includes providing depth mapping resources, including a radiation source, which projects optical radiation into a volume of interest containing an object, and a sensor, which senses the optical radiation reflected from the object. The volume of interest has a depth that varies with angle relative to the radiation source and the sensor. A depth map of the object is generated using the resources while applying at least one of the resources non-uniformly over the volume of interest, responsively to the varying depth as a function of the angle.

    Time-of-flight detector with single-axis scan

    公开(公告)号:US10739460B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-11

    申请号:US15451431

    申请日:2017-03-07

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Apparatus for mapping includes an illumination assembly, which projects a line of radiation extending in a first direction across a scene. A detection assembly receives the radiation reflected from the scene within a sensing area that contains at least a part of the line of the radiation, and includes a linear array of detector elements and objective optics, which focus the reflected radiation from the sensing area onto the linear array. A scanning mirror scans the line of radiation and the sensing area together over the scene in a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction. Processing circuitry processes signals output by the detector elements in response to the received radiation in order to construct a three-dimensional (3D) map of an object in the scene.

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