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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joshua T. Wiersma, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Michael Dubinovsky, Mesa, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/31 (2006.01); G02B 27/09 (2006.01); G02B 27/28 (2006.01); G02B 27/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/3126 (2013.01); G02B 27/0927 (2013.01); G02B 27/286 (2013.01); G02B 27/48 (2013.01); H04N 9/3161 (2013.01);
Abstract
An illumination system is disclosed, and such system may include a first light modulator () that modulates the phase of beamlets of light and generates phase modulated Gaussian beamlets of light (ABC), a light distributor () that transforms, the Gaussian beamlets of light to a homogenized rectangular pattern of light, and a second light modulator () that utilizes the phase modulated light to form an image.