Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Microvision, Inc.

Damon Marlow Domjan

Joshua Owen Miller

Michael Edward Samples

Mikhail Smirnov

Jozef Barnabas Houben

Jonathan A Morarity

Patrick J McVittie

A MEMS scanning device ('Device') includes at least (1) laser projector(s) controlled by a laser drive to project a laser beam, (2) MEMS scanning mirror(s) controlled by a MEMS drive to scan the laser beam to generate a raster scan, (3) a display configured to receive the raster scan, (4) a thermometer configured to detect a current temperature, (5) a display observing camera configured to capture an image of a predetermined area of the display, and (6) a computer-readable media that stores temperature model(s), each of which is custom-built using machine learning. The device uses the display observing camera to capture image(s) of predetermined pattern(s), which are then used to extract feature(s). The extracted feature(s) are compared with ideal feature(s) to identify a discrepancy. When the identified discrepancy is greater than a threshold, the temperature model(s) are updated accordingly.

Amplitude and biphase control of MEMS scanning device

A scanning mirror resonates on a first axis and moves on a second axis at a frequency dictated by a sync signal. The period of movement on the second axis is not necessarily an integer multiple of the period of movement on the first axis. A drive circuit excites movement of the mirror. The drive circuit adds a position offset to the signal that excites movement on the second axis. The position offset is capable of causing the resonant movement on the first axis to scan a substantially identical trajectory for at least a portion of each period on the second axis.

Scanning mirror control and slow scan position offset

A drive circuit for a resonant system provides an excitation signal having an amplitude and a phase. The resonant system provides a feedback signal representing an oscillation amplitude. The amplitude of the excitation signal is reduced for a substantially constant feedback signal amplitude by modifying the excitation signal phase.

Resonant system excitation power reduction using dynamic phase offset

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