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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
May. 10, 2017
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
Terry A. Bartlett, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/42 (2006.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 7/4814 (2013.01); G01S 17/42 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01);
Abstract
In described examples of a system for outputting a patterned light beam, the system includes: an illumination source; a positive optical element positioned to receive light from the illumination source and to output converging light; a reflective element positioned to receive the converging light from the positive optical element, the reflective element configured to reflect the converging light to form a scan beam; and a negative optical element to receive the scan beam from the reflective element, the negative optical element configured to output the scan beam to a field of view.