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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2020
Applicant:
8 Rivers Capital, Llc, Durham, NC (US);
Inventors:
William J. Brown, Durham, NC (US);
Hannah Clark, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
8 RIVERS CAPITAL, LLC, Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/50 (2013.01); G02B 5/02 (2006.01); G02B 19/00 (2006.01); H04B 10/11 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/503 (2013.01); G02B 5/02 (2013.01); G02B 19/0047 (2013.01); G02B 19/009 (2013.01); H04B 10/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
A diverged beam optical transmitter is provided that includes a laser source configured to emit a light beam, and one or more lenses. The diverged beam optical transmitter also includes a diffuser placed between the laser source and the one or more lenses, and configured to increase an intrinsic divergence of the light beam and to fill some portion of the one or more lenses such that the light beam is eye safe after the one or more lenses.