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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tomomasa Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayuki Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisayoshi Motobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shiro Uchida, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/00 (2017.01); G02F 1/31 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B29C 67/00 (2017.01); A45D 29/00 (2006.01); B29C 64/135 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); G02F 1/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/31 (2013.01); A45D 29/00 (2013.01); B29C 64/135 (2017.08); B29C 67/00 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); G02B 26/10 (2013.01); A45D 2029/005 (2013.01); G02F 1/291 (2021.01); G05B 2219/49013 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical shaping apparatus includes: a light source unit that outputs collimated light; an optical function unit that is disposed on an optical path of the collimated light and modulates the optical path or a phase of the collimated light; and a control unit that controls operation of the optical function unit, to irradiate a target surface with modulated light produced in the optical function unit.