Lidar projection apparatus

A method of operating a time of flight (ToF) imaging system, the method comprising:

• capturing target information of a target during one of multiple sub-frame exposures, the multiple sub-frame exposures included in a frame exposure, wherein the capturing the target information comprises:
• performing a flash step or a scan step, wherein the flash step comprises generating a light beam, and the scan step comprises moving the light beam by changing a position of an electronically-controlled mirror of the ToF imaging system;
• splitting the light beam into multiple transmitting light beams;
• receiving multiple reflected light beams, the multiple reflected light beams being a return of the multiple transmitting light beams;
• generating one or more detector signals, the one or more detector signals representative of the multiple reflected light beams;
• repeating the capturing step until an end of the frame exposure;
• and
• stitching together the target information from the one or more detector signals from the multiple sub-frame exposures,
• wherein the frame exposure comprises at least one flash step and at least one scan step.

A light emission apparatus, the light emission apparatus comprising:

• a light source that outputs a light beam when in operation, wherein the light source generates the light beam during a flash step and maintains the light beam during a scan step;
• a controller electrically coupled to the light source, the controller generates one or more control signals to control the operation of the light source;
• and
• an optics component comprising:
• an optical splitter that splits the light beam into multiple transmitting light beams, and
• an electronically-controlled mirror that moves the multiple transmitting light beams in the scan step.