# US 2021/0333367 A1 · Light projection device and light projection device for moving body > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0333367 A1 - Document ID: US20210333367A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/230,983 - Filed: 2021-04-14 - Published: 2021-10-28 - Earliest claimed: 2020-04-28 - Assignees: Funai Electric Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Funai Electric Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Mika HAMAOKA; Kenichi FUJITA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210333367A1 ## CPC - G01S 7/4817: {relating to scanning} - G02B 26/0858: {the reflecting means being moved or deformed by piezoelectric means} - G01S 17/931: of land vehicles - G02B 26/101: {with both horizontal and vertical deflecting means, e.g. raster or XY scanners (colour television using laser beams scanning a display screen H04N9/3129)} - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS ## Abstract Provided is a light projection device, and includes: a light source having plural light emission portions arranged side by side in a predetermined direction; a projection lens; and an optical scanner having a mirror portion which scans light passed through the projection lens in a direction that the light emission portions are aligned, and a drive source swinging the mirror portion. The mirror portion scans a scanning light, which is irradiated from each light emission portion and scanned by the mirror portion, to form an intensity distribution having a central valley part and peaks located on both sides of the valley part. The optical scanner scans the light irradiated from the light emission portions in a manner that at least a peak of an intensity distribution of scanning light of other light emission portion is located in the valley part of the intensity distribution. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A light projection device, comprising: a light source having a plurality of light emission portions arranged side by side in a predetermined direction; a projection lens in which light is irradiated from the plurality of light emission portions; and an optical scanner having a mirror portion which scans light passed through the projection lens in a direction that the plurality of light emission portions is aligned, and a drive source which swings the mirror portion, wherein the mirror portion scans a scanning light, which is irradiated from each of the plurality of light emission portions and scanned by the mirror portion, so as to form an intensity distribution having a central valley part and peaks located on two sides of the valley part, and the optical scanner scans light irradiated from the plurality of light emission portions in a manner that at least the peak of the intensity distribution of the scanning light of other light emission portion is located in the valley part of the intensity distribution of the scanning light. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The light projection device according to claim 1, wherein the optical scanner adjusts an angle range in which the mirror portion swings when the light irradiated from the plurality of light emission portions is scanned, in a manner that at least the peak of the intensity distribution of the scanning light of other light emission portion is located in the valley part of the intensity distribution of the scanning light. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The light projection device according to claim 2, wherein the peaks comprise a first peak located on one side and a second peak located on the other side, and the optical scanner adjusts the angle range in which the mirror portion swings when the light irradiated from the plurality of light emission portions is scanned, so as to form the intensity distribution in which a plurality of the first peaks is located in a first valley part which is a valley part of the intensity distribution of the scanning light of a first light emission portion among the plurality of light emission portions, which is arranged at an end portion on one side, and a plurality of the second peaks is located in a second valley part which is a valley part of the intensity distribution of the scanning light of a second light emission portion among the plurality of light emission portions, which is arranged at an end portion on the other side. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The light projection device according to claim 3, wherein the optical scanner adjusts the angle range in which the mirror portion swings when the light irradiated from the plurality of light emission portions is scanned, so as to form the intensity distribution in which all the first peaks except the first peak of the first light emission portion and the first peak of the second light emission portion are located in the first valley part, and all the second peaks except the second peak of the first light emission portion and the second peak of the second light emission portion are located in the second valley part. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The light projection device according to claim 4, wherein the optical scanner adjusts the angle range in which the mirror portion swings when the light irradiated from the plurality of light emission portions is scanned, so as to form the intensity distribution in which the second peak of the first light emission portion is located closer to the second peak side of the second light emission portion than the first peak of the second light emission portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The light projection device according to claim 1, wherein the optical scanner is configured that the scanning light is light which has the intensity distribution having the valley part and the peaks by adjusting the angle range in which the mirror portion swings without changing a light amount irradiated from the plurality of light emission portions from a maximum light amount. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The light projection device according to claim 2, wherein the optical scanner is configured that the scanning light is light which has the intensity distribution having the valley part and the peaks by adjusting the angle range in which the mirror portion swings without changing a light amount irradiated from the plurality of light emission portions from a maximum light amount. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The light projection device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of light emission portions is arranged at substantially equal intervals. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The light projection device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of light emission portions is arranged at substantially equal intervals. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The light projection device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of light emission portions is arranged side by side in a scanning direction of the mirror portion and a direction orthogonal to the scanning direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) The light projection device according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of light emission portions is arranged side by side in a scanning direction of the mirror portion and a direction orthogonal to the scanning direction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The light projection device according to claim 1, wherein the mirror portion is configured by a metal member having a flat plate shape, and the drive source generates a plate wave and swings the mirror portion by the generated plate wave to reciprocate and vibrate around an axis line of a predetermined swing axis. ### Claim 13 (depends on 2) The light projection device according to claim 2, wherein the mirror portion is configured by a metal member having a flat plate shape, and the drive source generates a plate wave and swings the mirror portion by the generated plate wave to reciprocate and vibrate around an axis line of a predetermined swing axis. ### Claim 14 A light projection device for a moving body which is mounted on the moving body and irradiates light to a front of the moving body, comprising: a light source having a plurality of light emission portions arranged side by side in a predetermined direction; a projection lens in which light is irradiated from the plurality of light emission portions; an optical scanner having a mirror portion which scans light passed through the projection lens in a direction in which the plurality of light emission portions is aligned, and a drive source which swings the mirror portion; a detection portion detecting a region which shields light in a region in which the light scanned by the mirror portion is irradiated; a swing angle acquisition portion which acquires a swing angle of the mirror portion; and a control portion which controls formation of the region which shields light and the region which irradiates light by switching between a turn-on state and a turn-off state of a light emission portion among the plurality of light emission portions, which emits light scanned in the region which shields light, based on a detection result acquired by the detection portion and the swing angle of the mirror portion acquired by the swing angle acquisition portion, wherein the mirror portion scans a scanning light, which is irradiated from each of the plurality of light emission portions and scanned by the mirror portion, so as to form an intensity distribution having a central valley part and peaks located on two sides of the valley part, and the optical scanner scans light irradiated from the plurality of light emission portions in a manner that at least the peak of the intensity distribution of scanning light of other light emission portion is located in the valley part of the intensity distribution of the scanning light. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The light projection device for moving body according to claim 13, wherein the optical scanner adjusts an angle range in which the mirror portion swings when the light irradiated from the plurality of light emission portions is scanned, in a manner that at least the peak of the intensity distribution of the scanning light of other light emission portion is located in the valley part of the intensity distribution of the scanning light.