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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2022
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
David S. Gere, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Brad V. Johnson, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Neil MacKinnon, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott T. Smith, San Jose, CA (US);
Seyedeh Nasim Habibi, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01); G02B 26/12 (2006.01); G02B 27/09 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G01S 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 7/4815 (2013.01); G01S 17/08 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G02B 26/0816 (2013.01); G02B 26/0875 (2013.01); G02B 26/101 (2013.01); G02B 26/123 (2013.01); G02B 26/124 (2013.01); G02B 26/125 (2013.01); G02B 27/0922 (2013.01); G02B 27/0944 (2013.01);
Abstract
Optical apparatus includes a projector, which is configured to direct a pattern of one or more stripes, extending along a longitudinal dimension across a target. A receiver includes an array of optical sensors, and objective optics, which are configured to image the target onto the array, and which have a non-circular aperture, which is elongated in a direction dependent upon the longitudinal dimension of the stripes.