US 11,906,124 B2
Multiband adjustable lights
Xiaofeng Tang, San Jose, CA (US); Christopher P Child, San Jose, CA (US); and Clarisse Mazuir, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/721,147.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/208,316, filed on Jun. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0390082 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. F21S 41/683 (2018.01); F21S 41/27 (2018.01); F21S 41/43 (2018.01); F21S 41/20 (2018.01); F21S 41/32 (2018.01); F21S 41/13 (2018.01); F21S 41/63 (2018.01)
CPC F21S 41/683 (2018.01) [F21S 41/13 (2018.01); F21S 41/27 (2018.01); F21S 41/285 (2018.01); F21S 41/32 (2018.01); F21S 41/43 (2018.01); F21S 41/635 (2018.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle light, comprising:
a light source having an infrared light-emitting device and a visible light-emitting device and configured to emit light at visible and infrared wavelengths, wherein the light source comprises an optical combiner having a first arm with a first face configured to receive infrared light and having a second arm with a second face configured to receive visible light; and
an adjustable light blocker having a movable member with a visible-light-blocking-and-infrared-light-passing thin-film interference filter.