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Patent No.:

US 12707798 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2023

Detection device

Applicant:

Magnolia White Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Makoto Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Hirofumi Kato, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshitaka Kojima, Tokyo, JP;

Yuta Haga, Tokyo, JP;

Ayato Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshiyuki Terada, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Magnolia White Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

K&L Gates LLP

Primary Examiner:

Bitew A Dinke

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10K 39/00 (2026.01); G06V 10/147 (2022.01); G06V 40/13 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10K 39/601 (2023.02); G06V 10/147 (2022.01); G06V 40/13 (2022.01);
Abstract

According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a light source configured to emit light to an object to be detected; a plurality of photodiodes arranged in a detection area; one or more detection circuits; and a coupling switching circuit configured to switch coupling of one or more of the photodiodes to one or more of the detection circuits. The coupling switching circuit is configured to change the number of the detection circuits coupled to one or more of the photodiodes based on an output value from one or more of the photodiodes.

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Hayashi, Makoto. (2026). Detection device (U.S. Patent No. 12707798). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12707798

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