DEPTH SCANNING WITH MULTIPLE EMITTERS
    25.
    发明公开
    DEPTH SCANNING WITH MULTIPLE EMITTERS 审中-公开
    深度扫描多个发射器

    公开(公告)号:EP2972081A2

    公开(公告)日:2016-01-20

    申请号:EP14765420.6

    申请日:2014-03-13

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G01B11/24 G01S7/4815 G01S7/4817 G01S17/46 G01S17/89

    Abstract: Mapping apparatus includes a transmitter, which is configured to emit, in alternation, at least two beams comprising pulses of light along respective beam axes that are mutually offset transversely relative to a scan line direction of a raster pattern. A scanner is configured to scan the two or more beams in the raster pattern over a scene. A receiver is configured to receive the light reflected from the scene and to generate an output indicative of a time of flight of the pulses to and from points in the scene. A processor is coupled to process the output of the receiver so as to generate a 3D map of the scene.

    WAVEGUIDE-BASED TRANSMITTERS WITH ADJUSTABLE LIGHTING

    公开(公告)号:WO2022197339A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-22

    申请号:PCT/US2021/062996

    申请日:2021-12-13

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: An optical transmission device (30, 80, 90) includes a waveguide (50, 92) including a transparent medium (52) having mutually-parallel first and second surfaces arranged so that light propagates within the waveguide by internal reflection between the first and second surfaces. At least one light source (58) is configured to inject coherent light into the waveguide. A first array of diffractive structures (64, 96) is applied to the waveguide and configured to couple respective beams (66) of the coherent light out through the first surface of the waveguide. The device includes a second array of tunable optical phase modulators (70), which are overlaid on respective ones of the diffractive structures in the first array and are configured to apply different respective phase shifts to the respective beams, thereby modulating a far-field light pattern (31) formed by interference between the beams.

    PREDICTIVE, FOVEATED VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM
    27.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:WO2018057994A3

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-29

    申请号:PCT/US2017/053103

    申请日:2017-09-22

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: A Predictive, Foveated Virtual Reality System may capture views of the world around a user using multiple resolutions. The Predictive, Foveated Virtual Reality System may include one or more cameras configured to capture lower resolution image data for a peripheral field of view while capturing higher resolution image data for a narrow field of view corresponding to a user's line of sight. Additionally, the Predictive, Foveated Virtual Reality System may also include one or more sensors or other mechanisms, such as gaze tracking modules or accelerometers, to detect or track motion. A Predictive, Foveated Virtual Reality System may also predict, based on a user's head and eye motion, the user's future line of sight and may capture image data corresponding to a predicted line of sight. When the user subsequently looks in that direction the system may display the previously captured (and augmented) view.

    AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM
    28.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:WO2018057660A3

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-29

    申请号:PCT/US2017/052573

    申请日:2017-09-20

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: An augmented reality headset may include a reflective holographic combiner to direct light from a light engine into a user's eye while also transmitting light from the environment. The combiner and engine may be arranged to project light fields with different fields of view and resolution to match the visual acuity of the eye. The combiner may be recorded with a series of point to point holograms; one projection point interacts with multiple holograms to project light onto multiple eye box points. The engine may include a laser diode array, a distribution waveguide, scanning mirrors, and layered waveguides that perform pupil expansion and that emit wide beams of light through foveal projection points and narrower beams of light through peripheral projection points. The light engine may include focusing elements to focus the beams such that, once reflected by the holographic combiner, the light is substantially collimated.

    AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM
    29.
    发明申请
    AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM 审中-公开
    增强现实系统

    公开(公告)号:WO2018057660A2

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-29

    申请号:PCT/US2017/052573

    申请日:2017-09-20

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: An augmented reality headset may include a reflective holographic combiner to direct light from a light engine into a user's eye while also transmitting light from the environment. The combiner and engine may be arranged to project light fields with different fields of view and resolution to match the visual acuity of the eye. The combiner may be recorded with a series of point to point holograms; one projection point interacts with multiple holograms to project light onto multiple eye box points. The engine may include a laser diode array, a distribution waveguide, scanning mirrors, and layered waveguides that perform pupil expansion and that emit wide beams of light through foveal projection points and narrower beams of light through peripheral projection points. The light engine may include focusing elements to focus the beams such that, once reflected by the holographic combiner, the light is substantially collimated.

    Abstract translation: 增强现实耳机可以包括反射型全息组合器,以将来自光引擎的光引导到用户的眼睛中,同时还传输来自环境的光。 组合器和引擎可以被布置为投影具有不同视场和分辨率的光场以匹配眼睛的视觉敏锐度。 组合器可以记录一系列点对点全息图; 一个投影点与多个全息图相互作用,以将光投影到多个眼框点上。 发动机可以包括激光二极管阵列,分布波导,扫描镜和分层波导,其执行瞳孔扩展并且通过中心凹投影点发射宽光束并且通过外围投影点发射较窄光束。 光引擎可以包括聚焦元件以聚焦光束,使得一旦由全息组合器反射,光基本上被准直。

    LIDAR WITH IRREGULAR PULSE SEQUENCE
    30.
    发明申请
    LIDAR WITH IRREGULAR PULSE SEQUENCE 审中-公开
    带有不规则脉冲序列的激光雷达

    公开(公告)号:WO2018057081A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-29

    申请号:PCT/US2017/039171

    申请日:2017-06-26

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: Depth-sensing apparatus (20) includes a laser (28), which is configured to emit pulses of optical radiation toward a scene, and one or more detectors (40), which are configured to receive the optical radiation that is reflected from points in the scene and to output signals indicative of respective times of arrival of the received radiation. Control and processing circuitry (44, 38) is coupled to drive the laser to emit a sequence of the pulses in a predefined temporal pattern that specifies irregular intervals between the pulses in the sequence, and to correlate the output signals with the temporal pattern in order to find respective times of flight for the points in the scene.

    Abstract translation: 深度感测设备(20)包括:激光器(28),其被配置为向场景发射光学辐射的脉冲;以及一个或多个检测器(40),其被配置为接收 从场景中的点反射的光辐射并且输出指示所接收的辐射的相应到达时间的信号。 控制和处理电路(44,38)被耦合以驱动激光器以预定义时间模式发射脉冲序列,该预定义时间模式指定序列中的脉冲之间的不规则间隔,并且按照顺序将输出信号与时间模式相关 找到场景中各点的各个飞行时间。

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