公开(公告)号：US12126943B1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-22

申请号：US17665331

申请日：2022-02-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Felipe Bacim de Araujo e Silva ,  Stuart J. Wood ,  Noah D. Bedard ,  Bosheng Zhang ,  Dana F. Segler, Jr. ,  Blake M. Coughenour ,  Rong Liu ,  Yung-Yu Hsu

IPC: H04N9/31 ,  G01B11/25 ,  G03B21/20

CPC classification number: H04N9/3138 ,  G01B11/25 ,  G03B21/2013 ,  G03B21/2033 ,  G03B21/208 ,  H04N9/3147 ,  H04N9/3164 ,  H04N9/3194

Abstract: A spatial light system that may, for example, be used to project image content onto surfaces of a room. The system may include two or more projection units for emitting light onto surfaces within a room. The system may include a controller and two or more projection units, each module including an LED array, an array of light pipes, and a condenser lens. Two or more projection units may be connected to a flexible strip that provides power and data (e.g., serial data) to the projection units. Two or more flex strips may be connected together. The flex strips provide a serially-connected, flexible modular architecture for spatial light systems that allow the projection units to be conformed to a variety of configurations and shapes.