Lg Innotek Co., Ltd.

Kang Yeol Park

Ki Cheol Kim

Chang Gyun Son

Sung Phil Kim

Hyun Ho Choi

Sang Jun Park

Hee Se Lee

Chang Hyuck Lee

Yang Hyun Joo

Seok Hyun Kim

Seong Ha Jang

Eun Song Kim

Bo Ra Kang

The present embodiment relates to a light-emitting module comprising: a substrate; a light source which is arranged on the substrate and emits laser light; a holder arranged on the substrate; a diffuser lens arranged in the holder and over the light source; and a diffuser ring for supporting the diffuser lens, wherein the diffuser lens comprises a plurality of microlenses, and the holder comprises an opening formed above the diffuser lens and a stopping protrusion for inhibiting the diffuser lens from being separated through the opening.

Light-emitting module and camera module

An embodiment provides a method and a device for outputting a light, which can output a light in a safe manner. Specifically, disclosed are a method and a device for outputting a light, which control an output light to prevent the output light from being concentrated on a specific area.

Method and device for outputting light

A camera module, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a light emitting unit for outputting an optical signal to an object; a light receiving unit for receiving the optical signal reflected from the object; and a control unit for controlling the light emitting unit such that the optical signal selectively has one optical pattern from among a surface light source pattern and a point light source pattern. The light emitting unit comprises: a light emitting element array on which a plurality of light emitting elements are arranged in accordance with a predetermined arrangement pattern; and a lens module for transmitting the optical signal output by the light emitting element array, wherein the lens module includes an optical element which duplicates the optical signal output by the light emitting element array.

Camera module

According to an embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a camera module comprising: a light output unit for outputting an optical signal to an object; a sensor for receiving an optical signal reflected from the object; and a control unit for acquiring distance information about the object by using the phase difference of the received optical signal, wherein the sensor includes a non-extraction area from which the phase different is not extracted and an extraction area from which the phase difference is extracted and the control unit stops timing control for the received optical signal in the non-extraction area.

Camera module extracting distance information based on a time-of-flight method

A time of flight (ToF) camera according to embodiments of the present invention includes a light source unit including an infrared light-emitting device array and configured to generate a light signal; a lens unit disposed on the light source unit and including a plurality of lenses; and an adjustment unit configured to adjust the lens unit such that a light pattern of the light signal, which has passed through the lens unit, becomes a surface lighting or a spot lighting including a plurality of spot patterns, wherein the lens unit has a distortion aberration in the form of barrel distortion in which irradiance of the light pattern decreases in a direction away from a central portion.

ToF camera

A camera module according to one embodiment comprises: a barrel provided with at least one lens; a retainer having an inner space and accommodating the barrel in the inner space; a holder coupled to the lower portion of the retainer; a housing disposed on the lower side of the holder and accommodating a printed circuit board; and a cover part mounted on the retainer and disposed in front of the lens. The cover part comprises: a cover glass; a first reflection suppression layer disposed on the upper side of the cover glass; a heating layer disposed on the lower side of the glass cover; and a second reflection suppression layer disposed on the lower side of the heating layer.

A camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a structured light projector configured to generate structured light of a specific pattern and changes an optical path of the structured light into units of subpixels of an image sensor for each image frame to project the structured light onto a subject, and a structured light camera configured to photograph the subject onto which the structured light is projected to generate a plurality of low-resolution image frames and generate a high-resolution depth map from the plurality of low-resolution image frames.

Camera module and method for extracting depth information by same

A camera module comprises: a housing having a lens holder disposed outside thereof and a substrate unit disposed therein; a lens module disposed in the lens holder and including a first lens exposed to the outside; a heating element disposed on the lower surface of the lens; an image sensor mounted on the substrate unit so as to correspond to the lens module; and a connection unit for applying power to the lens module, wherein the connection unit comprises: a first connecting member electrically connected to the heating element so as to supply power; and a second connecting member extending from the first connecting member to an inside of the housing and electrically connecting the first connecting member and the substrate unit.

Camera module and vehicle

A light emitting device of an embodiment includes at least one light source; a wavelength conversion unit for converting the wavelength of excitation light so as to emit the excitation light having the converted wavelength as conversion light; a light transfer unit disposed on a light path between the at least one light source and the wavelength conversion unit for transferring the excitation light to the wavelength conversion unit; and a light-path controller moving at least a part of the light transfer unit so as to adjust at least one from among the direction and intensity of excitation light which enters the wavelength conversion unit.

Light emitting device, optical module comprising same device, and vehicle comprising same module

A light emitting device apparatus of an embodiment comprises: a light source unit for emitting a plurality of excitation lights having linearity; a first reflection unit which reflects the plurality of excitation lights having linearity and incident to an incident direction parallel to an axis of symmetry, and collects the plurality of excitation lights to a focus position; and a wavelength conversion unit which is arranged on the focus position and transmits the plurality of excitation lights reflected and collected by the first reflection unit.

Light emitting apparatus

A light-emitting apparatus includes a light source unit for emitting a first excitation light beam, a beam shape conversion unit for reflecting the first excitation light beam and outputting the reflected first excitation light beam as a second excitation light beam, and a driving unit for driving the light source unit, wherein the beam shape conversion unit includes a plurality of reflective surfaces having different reflection patterns, and the reflective surfaces are arranged in a direction that intersects the direction in which the first excitation light beam is incident.

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