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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:
Oct. 24, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 24, 2018
Applicants:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshiaki Kouyama, Kanagawa, JP;

Osamu Akimoto, Tokyo, JP;

Takahiro Mochizuki, Kanagawa, JP;

Masa Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/20 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/2073 (2013.01); G02F 1/0105 (2013.01); G02F 1/0123 (2013.01);
Abstract

A phase modulator of the present disclosure includes a phase distribution arithmetic unit that generates, in a case of reproducing the same reproduction image over a plurality of frames or a plurality of subframes by a light phase modulation element, target phase distribution data that is allowed to reproduce the same reproduction image in at least two adjacent frames among the plurality of frames or in at least two adjacent subframes among the plurality of subframes and that changes phase distribution in the light phase modulation element.


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