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Orion Pattern Projectors

Meet the world’s highest performing, most compact family of pattern projectors that improve every aspect of 3D depth sensing for smartphones, robots, AR/VR and the IoT.

Create virtually any dot, line, or flood pattern with an ultra-wide, >150º field of illumination.

Orion pattern projectors are designed to convert the photons emitted from an array of laser emitters (VCSEL) into a high contrast dot or line pattern. Achieving these patterns in a single, flat meta-optic allows them to be easily integrated into a variety of 3D sensing platforms that can meet the requirements of mobile, IoT or robotics applications, both for time of flight and structured light applications.
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illustration of metalenz technology for NIR imaging with a single meta-optic

Combine the function of five optical elements into one meta-optic.

Orion pattern projectors consist of a single meta-optic paired with a VCSEL, wheras traditional sensors require at a minimum two and more typically 4 or 5 optical elements mounted in a lens barrel on top of the VCSEL.

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Orion 3.9K

The Metalenz Orion 3.9K Dot Projector produces a wider field of illumination (FOI) with higher throughput efficiency, higher contrast ratio, and better uniformity than dot pattern projectors based on traditional optics. Additional features include a smaller overall footprint which reduces PCB real estate requirements and less strenuous placement and positioning tolerances which reduces assembly time. The Metalenz optic is reflow compatible and offers stable optical performance all the way up to reflow temperature. These mechanical and optical performance improvements over conventional technology make the Metalenz meta-optic dot pattern generator design a superior choice in smartphones, consumer electronics, and other 3D sensing applications.
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Orion 50K

The Orion 50K dot projector concept produces a pseudo-random structured light pattern consisting of 50,000 dots with high contrast and minimal divergence angle. Traditional optics cannot reliably produce such a granular pattern, which makes the Metalenz meta-optic dot pattern generator design a superior choice for Structured Light sensing applications in smartphones, consumer electronics, and other 3D sensing applications.
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Advantages of Orion Pattern Projectors

01

Simpler

Replaces a lens barrel with as many as five optical parts (refractive lenses, collimators, DOEs) with a single meta-surface optic.
02

Smaller

Consisting of only a single optical element, the Z-height of the lens is significantly reduced, so it can easily fit under any display.
03

Brighter

Higher dot contrast and smaller divergence angle ensure that light energy is used efficiently enabling high resolution constellations or at far out distances.
04

Better

Architecture drastically lowers assembly complexity and cost to drive more depth sensing sockets for user authentication and AR/VR.

Core Markets

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Consumer Electronics

From smartphones to laptops and wearables, Metalenz is proliferating new forms of advanced sensing across consumer devices with multifunctional, compact meta-optics.
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Smart Home & Industrial Robotics

From smart homes to smart factories, Metalenz is helping companies integrate depth information into their IoT sensing solutions, providing better data, decisions and more efficient operations.
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Automotive

Metalenz is helping auto makers integrate LIDAR, ADAS and driver monitoring solutions using temperature stable, meta-optics.
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