Light output device, and camera device and sensor module comprising same

Abstract

A light output device according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: one vertical cavity surface emission laser (VCSEL) including a plurality of emitters in an array and including a first area and a second area that are isolated from each other; a lens disposed on the first area and the second area and overlapping both the first area and the second area in an optical axis direction; a light conversion member disposed between the first area and the lens to defocus or scatter an output light signal output from the first area; and one drive IC that independently drives the emitters of the first area and the emitters of the second area, wherein the output light signal output from the first area is emitted as a surface illumination pattern, the output light signal output from the second area is emitted in a dot illumination pattern, and the second area directly faces the lens in the optical axis direction.

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