公开(公告)号：US20180081061A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-22

申请号：US15673428

申请日：2017-08-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Shingo Mandai ,  Cristiano L. Niclass ,  Richard E. Bills ,  Moshe Laifenfeld ,  Mina A. Rezk ,  Alexander Shpunt ,  Ron Sokolovsky ,  Tal Kaitz ,  Ronen Akerman ,  Jason D. Mudge ,  Andrew J. Sutton

IPC: G01S17/89 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01B11/02 ,  G02F1/29

CPC classification number: G01S17/89 ,  G01B11/026 ,  G01S7/4814 ,  G01S7/4817 ,  G01S7/484 ,  G01S7/4863 ,  G01S7/4865 ,  G01S7/4868 ,  G01S17/10 ,  G02F1/292

Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a laser, which is configured to emit toward a scene pulses of optical radiation. An array of detectors 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. A controller is coupled to drive the laser to emit a sequence of pulses of the optical radiation toward each of a plurality of points in the scene and to find respective times of flight for the points responsively to the output signals, while controlling a power of the pulses emitted by the laser by counting a number of the detectors outputting the signals in response to each pulse, and reducing the power of a subsequent pulse in the sequence when the number is greater than a predefined threshold.

公开(公告)号：US10775507B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-15

申请号：US15673428

申请日：2017-08-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Shingo Mandai ,  Cristiano L Niclass ,  Richard E Bills ,  Moshe Laifenfeld ,  Mina A. Rezk ,  Alexander Shpunt ,  Ron Sokolovsky ,  Tal Kaitz ,  Ronen Akerman ,  Jason D. Mudge ,  Andrew J Sutton

IPC: G01S17/00 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S7/486 ,  G01S7/4863 ,  G01S7/484 ,  G01S7/4865 ,  G01S17/10 ,  G01B11/02 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G02F1/29

Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a laser, which is configured to emit toward a scene pulses of optical radiation. An array of detectors 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. A controller is coupled to drive the laser to emit a sequence of pulses of the optical radiation toward each of a plurality of points in the scene and to find respective times of flight for the points responsively to the output signals, while controlling a power of the pulses emitted by the laser by counting a number of the detectors outputting the signals in response to each pulse, and reducing the power of a subsequent pulse in the sequence when the number is greater than a predefined threshold.