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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2012
Ulrich Weichmann, Aachen, DE;
Yuri Aksenov, Leuven, BE;
Ulrich Weichmann, Aachen, DE;
Yuri Aksenov, Leuven, BE;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to the field of laser sources (), and for specifically to inhibiting damage due to misuse of a laser source (), in particular of a high-power laser source () provided in a consumer product (). The proposed device () includes at least a laser source () and a safety unit (), wherein by means of the arrangement of the safety unit () it is provided that potential harm caused by misuse of the laser source () based on an unauthorized access to the laser source () is confined or even prevented by reducing the power level of the output of the laser source () or by even completely stopping any laser output therefrom. A corresponding method of providing a laser source () and a further method of preventing misuse of a laser source () are also proposed.