| CPC G01S 7/497 (2013.01) [G02B 26/0833 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. An optical transmitter module, comprising:
at least one light-emitter device, wherein the at least one light-emitter device comprises light-emitter devices arranged in a 1-dimensional array, and wherein the light-emitter devices are disposed along a shared light-emitter axis;
a plurality of micromirror devices optically-coupled to the light-emitter device, wherein the micromirror devices are arranged in a 1-dimensional array, wherein the micromirror devices are disposed along a shared micromirror axis, wherein the shared light-emitter axis and the shared micromirror axis are parallel, and wherein the light-emitter device is configured to emit respective light beams toward an environment via the micromirror devices, wherein the micromirror devices are configured to deflect the light beams; and
a controller having at least one processor and a memory, wherein the controller executes program instructions stored in the memory so as to carry out operations, wherein the operations comprise:
receiving information indicative of a retroreflector object in the environment; and
based on the received information, causing at least one micromirror device of the plurality of micromirror devices to deflect at least a portion of at least one light beam so that the portion of the at least one light beam does not interact with the retroreflector object.
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