Apple patents projector that mixes two laser colors into a wide light cone
Apple describes a device that uses two separate light sources to emit beams of coherent light at different wavelengths. Projection optics combine these beams into a single, wide cone of light that spreads out at an angle of at least 30 degrees.
In the filing’s own words
An illumination projector includes at least first and second emitters configured to emit respective first and second beams of coherent optical radiation at different, respective first and second wavelengths. Projection optics mounted over the at least first and second emitters combine the first and second beams into a cone of flood illumination having an angular extent of at least 30°.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An illumination projector, comprising: at least first and second emitters configured to emit respective first and second beams of coherent optical radiation at different, respective first and second wavelengths; and projection optics mounted over the at least first and second emitters and configured to combine the first and second beams into a cone of flood illumination having an angular extent of at least 30°.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (APPLE INC.)
- Official title
- Multiwavelength flood projector
- Publication number
- US20260303941A1
- Application number
- 19432947
- Filed
- Dec 25, 2025
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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