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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutaka Yaguchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Takuya Mukaibara, Shizuoka, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical sensor includes a light emitting unit configured to emit and output light, a light receiving unit configured to receive light, a substrate on which the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are mounted, an electrically conductive pattern including a land to be electrically connected to an electrode of the light emitting unit, a resist arranged as a layer above the electrically conductive pattern or the substrate, a light shielding layer provided as a layer above the resist, and a light shielding region formed by a portion of the land and a portion of the light shielding layer overlapping in the direction of the normal of a mounting surface of the substrate, to shield stray light directed towards the substrate from the light emitting unit.