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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G02B 5/20 (2006.01); G03B 11/00 (2021.01); G03B 13/20 (2021.01); G01S 17/08 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G02B 7/02 (2021.01); G01S 17/04 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2013.01); G01S 7/4813 (2013.01); G01S 17/04 (2020.01); G01S 17/08 (2013.01); G02B 5/208 (2013.01); G02B 7/021 (2013.01); G03B 11/00 (2013.01); G03B 13/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical sensing system can be integrated into a camera module. In particular, an optical element of an optical sensing system can be disposed entirely or partly within a barrel of a camera module. The optical element can be oriented toward a reflective surface, such as an infrared cut filter, such that an optical path is defined between free space and the optical element via at least one reflection off the reflective surface.