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Patent No.:

US 9791557 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 15, 2016
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

John Wyrwas, Mountain View, CA (US);

Volodimir Slobodyanyuk, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/02 (2006.01); G01S 7/486 (2006.01); G01S 17/10 (2006.01); G01S 13/10 (2006.01); G01S 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4865 (2013.01); G01S 13/10 (2013.01); G01S 15/10 (2013.01); G01S 17/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for outputting light are presented. A method includes outputting, via a propagation wave source and toward a field of view (FOV), at least one propagated wave at a first power, receiving, via a sensor, a reflection of the at least one propagated wave at the first power reflected off one or more objects within the FOV, classifying, via a processor, one or more areas within the FOV into safe areas and unsafe areas based at least in part on the received reflection of the propagated wave at the first power, wherein the safe areas are deemed to be safe to receive at least one propagated wave at a second power, and outputting, via the propagation wave source and toward the safe area, the at least one propagated wave at the second power. The first power may be a lower power than the second power.


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