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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Barak Freedman, Binyamina, IL;
Alexander Shpunt, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Meir Machlin, Ashdod, IL;
Yoel Arieli, Jerusalem, IL;
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 5/04 (2006.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01); G06T 7/521 (2017.01); G01B 11/25 (2006.01); H04N 13/30 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 5/04 (2013.01); G01B 11/25 (2013.01); G06K 9/2036 (2013.01); G06T 7/521 (2017.01); G06K 2209/40 (2013.01); H04N 13/30 (2018.05);
Abstract
An illumination assembly includes a light source, which is configured to emit optical radiation. A transparency containing a plurality of micro-lenses, which are arranged in a non-uniform pattern and are configured to focus the optical radiation to form, at a focal plane, respective focal spots in the non-uniform pattern. Optics are configured to project the non-uniform pattern of the focal spots from the focal plane onto an object.