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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 24, 2016
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Linda Irish, San Diego, CA (US);

Russell Gruhlke, San Jose, CA (US);

Manav Raina, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/14 (2006.01); G02F 1/11 (2006.01); G01J 3/02 (2006.01); G01J 3/44 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01); G01N 21/359 (2014.01); G01N 21/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/113 (2013.01); G01J 3/0289 (2013.01); G01J 3/44 (2013.01); G01S 7/4814 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 7/4818 (2013.01); G02B 26/103 (2013.01); G06F 3/0423 (2013.01); G01N 21/359 (2013.01); G01N 2021/1738 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10052 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are techniques for determining the position of a light beam on a beam shaping device. A feature can be formed on the beam shaping device to affect at least a portion of a light beam when the feature is illuminated by the light beam. When the light beam is directed onto the feature on the beam shaping device, a feature detection signal may be generated by a detector in response to detecting at least the portion of the light beam affected by the feature that has been illuminated by the light beam. The position of the light beam on the beam shaping device at a time instant can then be determined based, at least in part, on the feature detection signal.


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