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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2020
Ams Sensors Asia Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
ams Sensors Asia Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
An illumination apparatus () for producing structured light and flood illumination, the illumination apparatus comprising a microlens array () comprising microlenses which are arranged at a pitch P in at least a first direction, and a first array () of first light sources () and a second array () of second light sources (), the first light sources () being configured to emit light at a wavelength L, wherein the first light sources () are located at a distance D from the microlens array (), wherein P=2LD/N and N is an integer, and wherein a size of the second light sources () is greater than a size of the first light sources (), such that the light sources of the first array () produce structured light and the light sources of the second array () produce a continuous area of light.