Abstract:
A laser beam is swept by a scan mirror as a pattern of scan lines on a projection surface. Selected pixels arranged along each scan line are illuminated to produce an image. The laser beam is optically modified to form each scan line with a desired high resolution having no less than a desired large number of the pixels over an extended viewing range, by focusing the laser beam to form a beam waist having a scan dimension proportional to the resolution at a focal location positioned between the scan mirror and the projection surface.
Abstract:
A lightweight, compact image projection module (Fig. 2, 20), especially for mounting in a housing having a light-transmissive window, is operative for causing selected pixels in a raster pattern to be illuminated to produce an image (Fig. 1, 18) of high resolution of VGA quality in color. The brightness of the illuminated pixels is enhanced by combining constituent laser beams of the same wavelength (Fig. 8, 214). The contrast of the illuminated pixels is unproved by sweeping a composite beam across a polarized screen, and by making the polarizations of all the constituent laser beams of the composite beam the same.
Abstract:
A plurality of image projection modules is operative for causing selected pixels in overlapping raster patterns to be illuminated to produce a large size image of high resolution of VGA quality in monochrome or color. The selected pixels in an overlap region of the patterns are illuminated at a lesser intensity to provide uniform brightness over the image. Multiple single mode lasers, or a multimode laser with an aperture stop, are employed to increase laser output power. Speckle noise is reduced by controlling the optical transmission characteristic of a projection screen. Three-dimensional images are generated by moving the screen. Cross-coupling between drive and feedback mechanisms in image projection is reduced for better image quality.
Abstract:
Light is focused in a system for electro-optically scanning and reading bar code symbols by an aperture stop having a first optical portion (252) for optically modifying a first part of a light beam (262) to have a beam cross-section of a known size within a depth of field in which a symbol to be read is scanned by the first beam part, and a second light-transmissive, optical portion (254) bounding the first portion and operative for optically modifiying and directing a second part of the light beam (264) away from the first part.
Abstract:
An arrangement for and a method of collecting and displaying information in real time along a line of sight from a human operator to remote targets located at variable distances therefrom and identifiable by machine-readable indicia. A two-dimensional image is automatically projected along the line of sight on the target alongside the indicia while maintaining the image size relatively constant over an extended range of working distances.
Abstract:
A laser beam is swept by a scan mirror as a pattern of scan lines on a projection surface. Selected pixels arranged along each scan line are illuminated to produce an image. The laser beam is optically modified to form each scan line with a desired high resolution having no less than a desired large number of the pixels over an extended viewing range, by focusing the laser beam to form a beam waist having a scan dimension proportional to the resolution at a focal location positioned between the scan mirror and the projection surface.
Abstract:
A lightweight, compact image projection module, especially for mounting in a housing having a light-transmissive window, is operative for causing selected pixels in a raster pattern to be illuminated to produce an image of high resolution of VGA quality in monochrome, color or gray scale. Pixel size is controlled as a function of distance of the image from the module to control image resolution and allow the image to remain sharp and clear over an extended range of distances from the module.