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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2007
Applicants:
Sajjad A. Khan, Plano, TX (US);
Steven Paul Krycho, Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Sajjad A. Khan, Plano, TX (US);
Steven Paul Krycho, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Provided is a method and system for reducing speckle in an image produced from a light source. The method, in one embodiment, includes providing a line generating element, the line generating element having a collection of optical elements having an axis. The method, in this embodiment, further includes directing an input beam of light at the line generating element while the line generating element is being vibrated back and forth in a direction substantially transverse to the axis.