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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2024
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Shingo Mandai, Mountain View, CA (US);
Vyshakh Sanjeev, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrew T. Herrington, San Francisco, CA (US);
Cristiano L. Niclass, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott T. Smith, San Jose, CA (US);
Bernhard Buettgen, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Optical sensing apparatus includes a transmitter, which transmits outgoing FM coherent optical radiation toward a target scene, and a receiver, including an array of detectors, which output electrical signals in response to photons that are incident on the detectors, and optics to image the target scene onto the array while diverting a part of the outgoing FM coherent optical radiation to form a local beam, which mixes with incoming optical radiation from the target scene. Processing circuitry processes the electrical signals output by the detectors to produce a 2D image of the target scene, to identify an object of interest in the 2D image, which is imaged onto an area within the array, to extract beat frequencies in response to the mixed optical radiation from the electrical signals output by the detectors in the area, and to measure a feature of the object of interest responsively to the beat frequencies.