US 12,088,061 B2
Light source device, drive method, and sensing module
Mitsushi Tabata, Kanagawa (JP); and Takashi Masuda, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
Appl. No. 17/250,467
Filed by SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 14, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/023648
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/026608, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-144923 (JP), filed on Aug. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0313777 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. H01S 5/00 (2006.01); H01S 5/026 (2006.01); H01S 5/042 (2006.01); H01S 5/068 (2006.01); H01S 5/42 (2006.01)
CPC H01S 5/06804 (2013.01) [H01S 5/0261 (2013.01); H01S 5/0428 (2013.01); H01S 5/423 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A light source device, comprising:
a light emitting unit that includes multiple light emitting elements, wherein the multiple light emitting elements include vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; and
a driving unit configured to control the multiple light emitting elements to emit light in a time-divided manner in a light emission target period.