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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
May. 19, 2022
Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Zhaoming Zhu, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael Hall, Bellevue, WA (US);
Augusto Ronchini Ximenes, Seattle, WA (US);
Shuochen Su, Bellevue, WA (US);
Charles Patrick Saunders, Seattle, WA (US);
Gregory Cohoon, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A projector for illuminating a target area is presented. The projector includes an array of emitters having a plurality of subarrays and an optical assembly. Each subarray includes one or more independently addressable channels emitting light in accordance with emission instructions. At least two of the subarrays are adjacent to each other and do not overlap. The optical assembly is configured to tile portions of the emitted light to form a light pattern for projection to a target area. The light pattern has a first plurality of sections and a second plurality of sections. Each section of the first plurality represents a first respective portion of the light pattern emitted from a corresponding subarray. Each section of the second plurality represents a second respective portion of the light pattern formed by tiling light emitted from two or more of the subarrays.