Light-emitting device, optical device, and information processing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12567723-B2
Application number	US-202117565641-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2021
Priority date	Aug 8, 2019
Publication date	Mar 3, 2026
Grant date	Mar 3, 2026

Abstract

A light-emitting device includes: a light source including plural light-emitting elements; a first optical member that is provided in a light-emitting path of the light source, the first optical member being configured to reduce intensity of light emitted from the light source and emit the light; and a second optical member that is provided on a light-emitting side of the first optical member and is configured to diffuse and irradiate light incident from the first optical member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A light-emitting device comprising:
a light source comprising a plurality of light-emitting elements,
wherein each of the plurality of light-emitting elements comprises a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser, and
wherein the light source is configured to emit light having a light intensity exceeding a predetermined standard;
a lens that is provided in a light-emitting path of the light source,
wherein the lens is configured to reduce intensity of light emitted from the light source and emit the light, and
wherein the lens is configured such that intensity of the light exiting the lens satisfies the predetermined standard; and
a diffusion plate that is provided on a light-emitting side of the lens,
wherein the diffusion plate is configured to diffuse and irradiate light incident from the lens, and
wherein the diffusion plate is configured such that intensity of the light exiting the diffusion plate satisfies the predetermined standard even in a case where the lens is not provided.

2 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the lens is an optical member configured to refract incident light to increase a spread angle of emitted light.

3 . The light-emitting device according to claim 2 , wherein the lens is provided on the light-emitting elements of the light source.

4 . The light-emitting device according to claim 3 , wherein the lens is a microlens provided for each of the light-emitting elements of the light source.

5 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of light-emitting elements are connected in parallel to each other by an electrode pattern, and the electrode pattern covers a region excluding an emission port of each of the light-emitting elements in a continuous pattern.

6 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the diffusion plate is configured to change directivity of the light emitted from the lens and emit the light.

7 . The light-emitting device according to claim 6 , wherein the diffusion plate is a plate-like member having a structure configured to change the directivity of light on at least one surface of the plate-like member.

8 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the diffusion plate is a plate-like member having a plurality of convex portions and concave portions on at least one surface of the plate-like member.

9 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the diffusion plate is configured to emit light used for measuring a three-dimensional shape by a time-of-flight method.

10 . The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the light source, the lens, and the diffusion plate are mounted on a portable information processing terminal, and the light source is driven by a battery.

11 . An optical device comprising:
the light-emitting device according to claim 1 ; and a light sensor configured to receive light that is emitted from a light source of the light-emitting device and reflected by a measurement target, and output a signal corresponding to a time from when the light is emitted from the light source to when the light is received by the light sensor.

12 . An information processing device comprising:
the optical device according to claim 11 ; and at least one processor configured to identify a three-dimensional shape of a measurement target based on light that is emitted from the light source of the light-emitting device of the optical device, reflected by the measurement target, and received by the light sensor of the optical device.

13 . The information processing device according to claim 12 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to perform an authentication process related to use of the information processing device based on a result of identification performed by the at least one processor.

Assignees

• Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp

Inventors

• Higuchi Takafumi
• MINAMIRU Takeshi
• Inada Satoshi
• Nakamura Shigetoshi
• Ono Kenichi

Classifications

• H01S5/423

  having a vertical cavity · CPC title

• G06T2207/30201

  Face · CPC title

• G01B11/24

  for measuring contours or curvatures · CPC title

• G06V40/172

  Classification, e.g. identification · CPC title

• G06V20/64

  Three-dimensional [3D] objects · CPC title