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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2018
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/521 (2017.01); G03B 21/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/521 (2017.01); G03B 21/008 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described examples include a structured light projector including a light source. The structured light projector also includes a spatial light modulator arranged to modulate light from the light source. The structured light projector also includes a diffractive optical element arranged to modulate the light from the light source. The structured light projector further includes projection optics arranged to project the light modulated by the spatial light modulator and the diffractive optical element to a target.