Apple inc. (20250071233). Light-Folded Projector
Light-Folded Projector
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Inventor(s)
Yoshikazu Shinohara of Cupertino CA (US)
Ligang Wang of San Jose CA (US)
Light-Folded Projector
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250071233 titled 'Light-Folded Projector
Original Abstract Submitted
a device may include a light-folded projector that may include an infrared (ir) light emitter and a light folding element. the light folding element may receive ir light emitted from the ir light emitter and fold the ir light one or more times to guide the ir light passing through the light folding element to exit the device to an environment. the device may also include a detector that may detect and/or recognize an object in the environment using the ir light from the light-folded projector, and a front-facing camera to capture images of the environment in front of the device.