Techniques are disclosed to enable a system for wide-range scanning of objects in three-dimensions. A broad-beam, laser-based transmitter is provided that is adapted to generate a scanning signal to be transmitted in a scanning direction toward an object to be scanned, a portion of the scanning signal being reflected by the object to be scanned. Additionally, a scanning signal collection lens is provided that is adapted to receive the portion of reflected scanning signal and to direct the reflected scanning signal to a mirror array, the mirror array adapted to selectively direct a directed portion of the reflected scanning signal as well as a detector lens adapted to receive the directed scanning signal, the collection lens adapted to focus the directed scanning signal resulting in a focused directed signal and a photoelectric detector adapted to convert the focused directed scanning signal into at least one electronic representation of a two-dimensional image. A rotational motor is provided that is adapted to rotate the system with respect to the area being scanned.

This application discloses a galvanometer and a LiDAR. The galvanometer includes a first shaft and a second shaft. A first shaft drive voltage is used to control the galvanometer to vibrate around the first shaft, a second shaft drive voltage is used to control the galvanometer to vibrate around the second shaft, and the first shaft drive voltage and the second shaft drive voltage are superimposed to drive the galvanometer. There are N working intervals in a second shaft drive period, and in the N working intervals, the second shaft drive voltage and the first shaft drive voltage jointly drive the galvanometer to form N scanning tracks. The N scanning tracks do not coincide and N is a positive integer.

An optical combiner includes a curved reflective element and a rotating mirror configured to rotate through a range of angular displacement. During a first time period, the curved reflective element is configured to reflect a first light beam emitted from a first light source to the rotating mirror when the rotating mirror is disposed at a first angular displacement, and the rotating mirror is configured to receive the first reflected light beam and provide a first output light beam along an output optical axis. During a second time period, the curved reflective element is configured to reflect a second light beam emitted from a second light source to the rotating mirror when the rotating mirror is disposed at a second angular displacement, and the rotating mirror is configured to receive the second reflected light beam and provide a second output light beam along the output optical axis.

A yoke assembly of an oscillatory system is described herein. The yoke assembly includes a yoke structure. The yoke structure includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall, the second sidewall spaced apart from the first sidewall, the first and second sidewalls having a gap therebetween. The yoke structure includes at least one member extending between the first and second sidewalls, a first flange extending laterally from the first sidewall and a second flange extending laterally from the second sidewall. The yoke structure is a unitary structure having the first and second sidewalls and the first and second flanges integrally connected.

Embodiments of the disclosure provide a micromachined mirror assembly for controlling optical directions in an optical sensing system. The micromachined mirror assembly may include a micro mirror configured to direct an optical signal into a plurality of directions. The micromachined mirror assembly may also include at least one actuator coupled to the micro mirror and configured to drive the micro mirror to tilt around an axis. The micromachined mirror assembly may further include one or more objects attached to the micro mirror. The one or more objects may be asymmetrically disposed with respect to the axis to create an imbalanced state of the micro mirror when the micro mirror is not driven by the at least one actuator.

The present disclosure provides a projection lamp module and a headlamp device for a vehicle using the same, in which two headlamps implement the same brightness, images of the headlamps are maintained, and visibility of an image projected onto a road surface is improved even though even though a lamp having a lighting function of forming an image on a road surface is applied to any one of the headlamps for a vehicle.

An imaging apparatus includes a light source, a spatial light modulator, a Fourier transform optical system, a photodetector, and a control unit. The control unit sets a first region and a second region on a modulation plane, acquires a light intensity value by setting a light amplitude modulation pattern in the first region and setting a light amplitude modulation in the second region to a non-zero predetermined value, acquires the light intensity value by setting the light amplitude modulation pattern in the first region and setting the light amplitude modulation in the second region to zero, acquires the light intensity value by setting the light amplitude modulation in the first region to zero and setting the light amplitude modulation in the second region to the predetermined value, and acquires a complex amplitude image of a region of an object corresponding to the first region.

Disclosed are systems and methods for superimposing a virtual image on a real-time image. A system for superimposing a virtual image on a real-time image comprises a real-time image module and a virtual image module. The real-time image module comprises a magnification assembly to generate a real-time image of an object at a first location and a first depth, with a predetermined magnification. The virtual image module generates a virtual image by respectively projecting a right light signal to a viewer's right eye and a corresponding left light signal to a viewer's left eye. The right light signal and the corresponding left light signal are perceived by the viewer to display the virtual image at a second location and a second depth. The second depth is related to an angle between the right light signal and the corresponding left light signal projected to the viewer's eyes. The second depth may be approximately the same as the first depth.

An image projection system includes a cascaded waveguide system including a first waveguide and a second waveguide arranged downstream along a transmission path from the first waveguide. The first waveguide includes a first output structure and is configured to receive a light beam having a first beam width and output a first expanded light beam at the first output structure, wherein the first expanded light beam has a second beam width greater than the first beam width. The second waveguide includes a second output structure and is configured to receive the first expanded light beam from the first waveguide and output the first expanded light beam multiple times from the second output structure as a plurality of output light beams. Each of the plurality of output light beams is output from a different area of the second output structure along a propagation direction of the second waveguide.

The disclosure provides a projection device, an actuator device thereof, and a projection method adapted for the actuator device. The projection method includes disposing an optical element in a frame body, and disposing a driving assembly between a base and the frame body; controlling the driving assembly to drive the frame body by a signal so that the optical element reciprocally swings relative to the base based on a first, a second, and a third moving shaft. The signal includes a first driving signal corresponding to the first moving shaft, a second driving signal corresponding to the second moving shaft, and a third driving signal corresponding to the third moving shaft. The first and the second driving signal have a first frequency; the third driving signal has a second frequency different from the first frequency. The phase difference between the first and the second driving signal is not equal to zero.