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Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 30, 2020
Applicant:

Sensortek Technology Corp., Hsinchu County, TW;

Inventors:

Meng-Yong Lin, Hsinchu County, TW;

Ming-Huang Liu, Hsinchu County, TW;

Assignee:

SensorTek technology Corp., Hsinchu County, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 47/10 (2020.01); H05B 47/115 (2020.01); H05B 47/17 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 47/115 (2020.01); H05B 47/17 (2020.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a proximity sensor operating method used in a proximity sensor comprising a light-emitting device. The method comprises: in a standby mode, when an output of the proximity sensor is a first sensing state, driving a driving current of the light-emitting device to comprise a first driving current; when the proximity sensor is triggered, a check mode is entered, the proximity sensor still outputs the first sensing state, and the driving current is switched to comprise a second driving current larger than the first driving current; and in the check mode, when the length of time/number of times of triggering the proximity sensor is larger than or equal to a threshold length/number, the output of the proximity sensor switches to the second sensing state, and returning to the standby mode in which the driving current comprises the first driving current.


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