Patent ID: 11927339
Assignee: AMS SENSORS ASIA PTE. LTD.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  G | IPC F  G

Claim 16:
17. An illumination apparatus for producing structured light and flood illumination, the illumination apparatus comprising:
a microlens array including microlenses arranged at a pitch P in at least a first direction;
a first two-dimensional rectangular array of first light sources, the first light sources including VCSELs; and
a second two-dimensional rectangular array of second light sources, the second light sources including LEDs;
wherein the first light sources are configured to emit light at a wavelength L,
wherein the first light sources are located at a distance D from the microlens array,
wherein

P2=2LD/N, 

and N is an integer with N≥1;
wherein the light sources of the first two-dimensional rectangular array produce structured light and the light sources of the second two-dimensional rectangular array produce a continuous area of light.