Method and device for outputting light

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12235393-B2
Application number	US-201917255878-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 9, 2019
Priority date	Jul 9, 2018
Publication date	Feb 25, 2025
Grant date	Feb 25, 2025

Abstract

An embodiment provides a method and a device for outputting a light, which can output a light in a safe manner. Specifically, disclosed are a method and a device for outputting a light, which control an output light to prevent the output light from being concentrated on a specific area.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A light outputting device comprising:
a light source configured to output a light to an object;
a receiver configured to receive a light being reflected from the object;
a memory configured to store an information on a reference area of the object recognized in a normal state according to a distance between the light source and the object; and
a processor configured to control an output of the light source by comparing a recognition area of the object recognized by the receiver with the reference area,
wherein the processor controls the output of light to be inversely proportional to a size of the recognition area.

2. The light outputting device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor lowers or turns off the output of the light source when a difference value between the recognition area and the reference area is greater than or equal to a preset value.

3. The light outputting device according to claim 2 , wherein lowering or turning off the output of the light source is to lower or block a voltage being inputted to the light source.

4. The light outputting device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor controls the output of light to be inversely proportional to a size of the recognition area when the recognition area is determined as a first section, and the processor turns off the output of the light source when the recognition area is determined as a second section.

5. The light outputting device according to claim 4 , wherein the recognition area is determined as the first section when the recognition area is 50% to 90% of the reference area.

6. The light outputting device according to claim 4 , wherein the recognition area is determined as the second section when the recognition area is 0% to 50% of the reference area.

7. The light outputting device according to claim 1 , wherein the information on the reference area stored in the memory is an information on an area corresponding to each of a plurality of distances in the form of a look-up table (LUT).

8. A method for controlling a light outputting device, the method comprising:
outputting a light to an object;
receiving a light being reflected from the object;
storing an information on a reference area of the object recognized in a normal state according to a distance from which the light is reflected from the object and received; and
comparing a recognition area of the object recognized by the light being received and the reference area, and lowering or blocking an output of the light when the recognition area is less than or equal to a preset value than the reference area,
wherein the step of lowering or blocking comprises controlling the output of light to be inversely proportional to a size of the recognition area.

9. The method for controlling a light outputting device according to claim 8 , wherein the step of lowering or blocking comprises lowering or turning off when a difference value between the recognition area and the reference area is greater than or equal to a preset value.

10. The method for controlling a light outputting device according to claim 9 , wherein lowering or turning off the output of the light source is to lower or block a voltage being inputted to the light source.

11. The method for controlling a light outputting device according to claim 8 , wherein the step of lowering or blocking comprises controlling the output of light to be inversely proportional to a size of the recognition area when the recognition area is determined as a first section, and turning off the output of the light source when the recognition area is determined as a second section.

12. The method for controlling a light outputting device according to claim 11 , wherein the recognition area is determined as the first section when the recognition area is 50% to 90% of the reference area, and is determined as the second section when the recognition area is 0% to 50% of the reference area.

Assignees

• Lg Innotek Co Ltd

Inventors

• Joo Yang Hyun
• Park Kang Yeol
• Lee Chang Hyuck

Classifications

• G06V40/161

  Detection; Localisation; Normalisation · CPC title

• G06V10/141

  Control of illumination · CPC title

• G01S17/42

  Simultaneous measurement of distance and other co-ordinates (indirect measurement G01S17/46) · CPC title

• H01S5/06

  Arrangements for controlling the laser output parameters, e.g. by operating on the active medium · CPC title

• G01S7/4911

  Transmitters · CPC title