Patents by Inventor Luisa Angelica Zepeda

Luisa Angelica Zepeda has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for steering a collimated light beam with a pivotable mirror
    Patent number: 6697184
    Abstract: An optical system 200 includes a light source 202, such as a laser diode. A rotatable mirror 208 is positioned to receive a light beam 220 from the light source 202. A collimating lens 218 is positioned to receive a reflected light beam 222 from the rotatable mirror 208. The collimating lens 218 preferably has a focal length that is about equal to the sum of the distance between the light source 202 and the mirror 208 and the mirror 208 and the lens 218.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert C. Keller, Luisa Angelica Zepeda