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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2018
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Vikrant R. Bhakta, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jeffrey Matthew Kempf, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/31 (2006.01); H04N 5/74 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/3176 (2013.01); H04N 5/2251 (2013.01); H04N 5/7458 (2013.01); H04N 9/3108 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described examples include an optical apparatus having a first lens, a first optical element having a first aperture, a second lens, and a second optical element having a second aperture. The optical apparatus includes a third lens having a first portion to receive projected light from the first lens through the first aperture and to project the projected light onto a target. Also, the third lens has a second portion to receive reflected light reflected from the target and to provide the reflected light to the second lens through the second aperture.