US 11,966,077 B2
Light emission apparatus
Yun-Chung Na, Hsinchu (TW); Chien-Lung Chen, Taoyuan (TW); Chieh-Ting Lin, Zhubei (TW); Yu-Yi Hsu, Zhubei (TW); Hui-Wen Chen, Zhubei (TW); Bo-Jiun Chen, Menlo Park, CA (US); and Shih-Tai Chuang, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Assigned to Artilux, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/258,675
Filed by ARTILUX, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/040873
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/014154, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/751,602, filed on Oct. 27, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/700,688, filed on Jul. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/695,062, filed on Jul. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0271022 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. G02B 6/12 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/484 (2006.01); G02B 6/124 (2006.01); G02B 6/34 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); H01S 5/00 (2006.01); H01S 5/32 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/12004 (2013.01) [G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 7/484 (2013.01); G02B 6/124 (2013.01); G02B 6/34 (2013.01); G02B 6/42 (2013.01); H01S 5/0071 (2013.01); H01S 5/0085 (2013.01); H01S 5/3211 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12097 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12147 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12154 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A light emission apparatus, comprising:
a first sub-mount comprising a platform;
a laser diode arranged on the platform and configured to emit a light;
a laser driver arranged on the platform and electrically coupled to the laser diode, the laser driver being configured to drive the laser diode to generate the light;
a second sub-mount configured to support the first sub-mount; and
an optical module arranged to receive the light emitted by the laser diode, the optical module comprising at least one optical element and being configured to adjust the light and a transmitting light with an illumination angle, wherein the optical module is configured to adjust the light to vary the illumination angle,
wherein the laser driver is programmed to either entirely or partially flash and scan a three-dimensional (3D) target with the emitted light.