The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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:
May. 17, 2022

Filed:

May. 08, 2019
Applicant:

Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jonatan Ginzburg, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Mark Timothy Sullivan, Mountain View, CA (US);

Benjamin Nicholas Jones, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Facebook Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/09 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0944 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosed system may include (1) a diffractive optical element (DOE) stack including one or more DOEs, where the DOE stack generates, in response to incoming light received at a first side of the DOE stack, structured light from a second side of the DOE stack opposite the first side, (2) a primary light source that emits the incoming light toward the first side of the DOE stack, and (3) at least one photodetector that detects light emitted from an edge of each of at least one of the DOEs of the DOE stack, where the edge is located between the first side and the second side of the DOE stack. Various other methods and systems are also disclosed.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…