Primesense Scanning ToF Patent Application

Primesense (Apple now) has filed US20130207970 patent application "Scanning depth engine" by Alexander Shpunt and Raviv Erlich and, more recently, PCT applications "Depth Scanning with Multiple Emitters" by Alexander Shpunt, Ronen Einat and Zafrir Mor, "Mems hinges with enhanced rotatability" by Raviv Ehrlich and Yuval Gerson, and "Detecting failure of scanning mirror" by Alexander Shpunt that present ToF approach based on scanning micro-mirror and APD: