Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rapid optical shutter, chopper, modulator and deflector
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Application No.: US15007796Application Date: 2016-01-27
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Publication No.: US09759907B2Publication Date: 2017-09-12
- Inventor: Paul M. Danehy
- Applicant: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NASA
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
- Current Assignee: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agent Jonathan B. Soike; Andrea Z. Warmbier; Mark P. Dvorscak
- Main IPC: G01N21/00
- IPC: G01N21/00 ; G02B26/04 ; G02B26/08 ; G02B5/00 ; G03B17/17 ; G03B9/08 ; H04N5/225

Abstract:
An optical device with a light source and a detector is provided. A digital micromirror device positioned between the detector and the light source may deflect light beams projected from the light source. An aperture in front of the detector may block an incoming light beam from the detector when the incoming light beam is incident on the detector outside of a passable incident range and including an aperture opening configured to pass the incoming light beam to the detector when the incoming light beam is incident on the detector within a passable incident range. The digital micromirror device may rotate between a first position causing the light beam to pass through the aperture opening and a second position causing the light beam to be blocked by the aperture. The optical device may be configured to operate as a shutter, chopper, modulator and/or deflector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160216507A1 Rapid Optical Shutter, Chopper, Modulator and Deflector Public/Granted day:2016-07-28
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