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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:
Oct. 13, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 22, 2019
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jian Ma, San Diego, CA (US);

Sergiu Goma, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/20 (2006.01); G02B 27/09 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02B 5/02 (2006.01); G02B 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/2006 (2013.01); G02B 5/0205 (2013.01); G02B 5/1833 (2013.01); G02B 27/095 (2013.01); G02B 27/0944 (2013.01); G02B 27/0977 (2013.01); G02F 1/133502 (2013.01); G03B 21/2073 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to an adjustable light projector for active depth sensing and flood illumination. An example device includes a light projector that includes a light source to emit a light along a first direction and a diffractive element positioned in a path of the emitted light along the first direction. The diffractive element includes a diffractive optical element having a first refractive index and configured to project a distribution of focused light from the emitted light during a first mode. The diffractive element also includes a diffusion element having a second refractive index and configured to diffuse the emitted light during a second mode.


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