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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:
Dec. 13, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2020
Applicant:

Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);

Inventor:

John Peter Fenske, Richardson, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01); F21S 41/141 (2018.01); F21S 41/16 (2018.01); H05B 45/24 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/143 (2013.01); F21S 41/141 (2018.01); F21S 41/16 (2018.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); B60Q 2300/312 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/314 (2013.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01); H05B 45/24 (2020.01);
Abstract

Example adaptive vehicle headlights are disclosed. An example system includes a photodetector, an illumination source configured to generate first light during a first operating mode, a spatial light modulator (SLM), and a dichroic filter optically coupled to the illumination source and to the SLM, wherein the dichroic filter is configured to direct the first light to the SLM, and the SLM is configured to direct second light to the dichroic filter during a second operating mode, wherein the dichroic filter is configured to direct the second light having a first color to the photodetector, and direct the first light during the first operating mode.


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