Egis Technology Inc.

Igistec Co., Ltd.

Other

Tang-Hung Po

Yu-Hsuan Lin

Chung-Yi Wang

Tung-Yu Wu

Sheng Wan

Bruce C S Chou

Ming-Yuan Cheng

Hsien-Hsiang Chiu

A time-of-flight ranging device and a time-of-flight ranging method are provided. The time-of-flight ranging device includes a light source, a sensing array, and a time-to-digital converter. The light source sequentially emits a plurality of laser pulse signals towards a sensing target. The sensing array senses rays of reflected pulse light generated when the sensing target reflects the laser pulse signals. The time-to-digital converter performs integration operations on a plurality of sensing results of a plurality of sensing units during a plurality of consecutive ranging periods to generate a plurality of pieces of first histogram data. The control circuit performs a mathematical operation on the pieces of first histogram data to generate second histogram data. The ranging periods have delay periods among one another, such that a plurality of periods of start time of the pieces of first histogram data are sequentially delayed by a plurality of time lengths.

Time-of-flight ranging device and time-of-flight ranging method

A time-of-flight ranging device and a time-of-flight ranging method are provided. The time-of-flight ranging device includes a light source, a sensing array, and a time-to-digital converter. The light source emits a laser pulse signal towards a sensing target. The sensing array includes a plurality of sensing units. The sensing array is configured to sense reflected pulse light generated when the sensing target reflects the laser pulse signal. The time-to-digital converter is coupled to the sensing array. The time-to-digital converter performs an integration operation on a plurality of sensing results of the sensing units during a plurality of consecutive integration periods to generate histogram data. At least part of the integration periods have different time lengths, such that at least part of a plurality of bins in the histogram data have different bin widths.

A fingerprint sensing system including a plurality of micro-lenses, a sensor, a shielding structure and a controller is provided. The micro-lenses are arranged in an array. The sensor has a plurality of sensing pixels arranged in an array. The sensor, the shielding structure and the micro-lenses are sequentially arranged along an arrangement direction. The controller is electrically connected to the sensor. A pitch between the micro-lenses is greater than a pitch between the sensing pixels. The controller forms a fingerprint image according to signals of a plurality of output pixels of the sensor, wherein each of the output pixels is one of every at least four of neighboring sensing pixels. An operation method of a fingerprint sensing system is also provided.

Fingerprint sensing system and operation method thereof

A touch display device with a fingerprint anti-spoofing function and an associated fingerprint anti-spoofing method are provided, where the touch display device may include a touch display panel and a processing circuit. The touch display panel may include a plurality of display units and one or more codebooks, where each of the display units includes a sensor unit, and the one or more codebooks may make the sensor units receive sensing information of an object which is put on the touch display panel. In addition, the processing circuit may obtain the sensing information from the sensor units, and determine whether the object is a real finger based on the sensing information and reference information.

Touch display device with fingerprint anti-spoofing function and associated fingerprint anti-spoofing method

A full-screen electronic device with a fingerprint sensing function and a fingerprint sensing method are provided. The full-screen electronic device includes a panel module, a plurality of fingerprint sensors and a control unit. The plurality of fingerprint sensors are aligned with the panel module and distributed into a plurality of scan regions in an array. The fingerprint sensing method includes the following steps. Firstly, a concerned information about a concerned position of the display panel is generated. After the control unit receives the concerned information, the control unit defines the scan regions of the concerned position as a first scan set according to the concerned information. Then, the control unit controls the fingerprint sensors corresponding to the first scan set according to a first scan strategy.

Full-screen electronic device with fingerprint sensing function and fingerprint sensing method thereof

An optical fingerprint sensor and a fingerprint identification method are provided. The optical fingerprint sensor includes a photosensitive element and a signal processing circuit. The signal processing circuit includes a logic unit, a variable/programmable gain amplifier and a processing unit. The logic unit is electrically coupled to the photosensitive element. The variable/programmable gain amplifier is electrically coupled to the logic unit. The processing unit is electrically coupled to the variable/programmable gain amplifier and the logic unit. The variable/programmable gain amplifier adaptively switches a gain between a first gain value and a second gain value, wherein the second gain value is larger than the first gain value. After the signals inputted into the variable/programmable gain amplifier are properly processed according to the first gain value or the second gain value, the optical fingerprint sensor acquires a sharp sensing image.

Optical fingerprint sensor and fingerprint identification method thereof

A fingerprint sensing module includes a fingerprint sensing pixel array, a plurality of column circuitries and a constant current circuit. The fingerprint sensing pixel array includes a plurality of sensing pixels in an array arrangement. Each column circuitry is electrically coupled to a row of the sensing pixels via a corresponding row signal line. The constant current circuit generates a bias voltage to the column circuitries according to a reference current. In response to the bias voltage level, a row output current provided by each column circuitry and flowing through each row of the sensing pixels is equal to or close to the reference current. Since the row output current coincides with the reference current, the row output current is not adversely affected by the external factors.

Fingerprint sensing module

A 3D image display device is provided. The 3D image display device includes a display module and a first lenticular array. The display module comprises a plurality of pixels and the pixels are arranged in a first direction. The first lenticular array comprises a plurality of strip-shaped first lenticular lenses and an angle between an extension direction of the first lenticular lens and the first direction is larger or equal to 45 degrees.

3D image display device

A method for creating 3D image is provided. First, capture device, subject to be captured, and lenticular array are provided. Lenticular array comprises strip-shaped lenticular lenses, subject is disposed between capture device and lenticular array, length of a bottom of each lenticular lens is 2L, and center of the bottom is set as 0. Lens of the capture device is aimed at a top of one of lenticular lenses and &#x2212;xL of bottom coordinate of lenticular lens, and the value of x is smaller than 1 but greater than 0. Capture device is turned with top of lenticular lens as center to capture the subject until lens of capture device is aimed at xL of bottom coordinate of lenticular lens. Pixel from &#x2212;L to &#x2212;xL and from L to xL of bottom coordinate is mapped with pixel from &#x2212;xL to 0 and from xL to 0 captured by capture device.

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