US 11,852,531 B2
Sensor device and method of use
William D. Houck, Santa Rosa, CA (US); and Valton Smith, Novato, CA (US)
Assigned to VIAVI Solutions Inc., Chandler, AZ (US)
Filed by VIAVI Solutions Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on May 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/663,256.
Application 17/663,256 is a continuation of application No. 17/247,789, filed on Dec. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,340,111.
Application 17/247,789 is a continuation of application No. 16/784,766, filed on Feb. 7, 2020, granted, now 10,876,889, issued on Dec. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/804,609, filed on Feb. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0268626 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. G01J 3/28 (2006.01); G01J 3/02 (2006.01); G01S 17/08 (2006.01); G01J 3/42 (2006.01)
CPC G01J 3/027 (2013.01) [G01J 3/0229 (2013.01); G01J 3/42 (2013.01); G01S 17/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor device, comprising:
a spectrometry filter configured to pass one or more first wavelengths of light for performance of a spectrometry measurement on a measurement target, wherein the spectrometry filter is a multichannel spectral filter; and
one or more time-of-flight (ToF) filters configured to:
pass one or more second wavelengths of light for performance of a ToF measurement on the measurement target, and
one or more of:
enable a measurement of a distance between the sensor device and the measurement target, or
enable a measurement of an orientation of the sensor device relative to the measurement target.