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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2016
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Giovanni Gozzini, Berkeley, CA (US);
Gennadiy A. Agranov, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian M. King, Saratoga, CA (US);
Gershon Rosenblum, Fremont, CA (US);
Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); G01N 21/894 (2006.01); G01N 21/956 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/0004 (2013.01); G01N 21/894 (2013.01); G01N 21/956 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); G01N 2021/95676 (2013.01); G06K 9/00046 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device may include an optical image sensor and a pin hole array mask layer above the optical image sensor. The electronic device may also include a display layer above the pin hole array mask layer that includes spaced apart display pixels, and a transparent cover layer above the display layer defining a finger placement surface capable of receiving a finger adjacent thereto.