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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Christopher S. Tomasetta, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jason B. Neevel, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sara E. Salmon, Cupertino, CA (US);
Richard H. Koch, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jonathan M. Lee, Fremont, CA (US);
Nicholas Merz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniel Jarvis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jared P. Ostdiek, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael B. Wittenberg, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rasamy Phouthavong, San Jose, CA (US);
David A. Pakula, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ian A. Spraggs, San Francisco, CA (US);
Marwan Rammah, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A portable electronic device may include a housing, a display at least partially within the housing, a front cover coupled to the housing and positioned over the display, and a biometric sensor module configured to illuminate an object and capture an image of the object through the front cover. The biometric sensor module may include a first lens positioned below the front cover, a first light source positioned below the first lens and configured to project, through the first lens, a dot pattern on the object, a second light source positioned below the first lens and configured to illuminate, through the first lens, the object with a flood of light, a second lens positioned below the front cover, and a light sensor positioned below the second lens and configured to capture an image of the object.