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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Visera Technologies Company Limited, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
VISERA TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY LIMITED, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00046 (2013.01); G06K 9/0008 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical fingerprint sensor, includes: an image sensor array; a collimator layer disposed above the image sensor array, the collimator array having an array of first apertures; a light guiding layer disposed on the collimator layer; a light source emitting light into the light guiding layer; and a sensing area disposed above the light guiding layer. The light guiding layer allows a portion of the light from the light source to enter to the sensing area while directing the remaining portion of the light forward.