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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2009
Applicants:
Byung Choi, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Min Kyu Song, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Byounghee Lee, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventors:
Byung Choi, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Min Kyu Song, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Byounghee Lee, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
NanoLambda, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A visible wavelength range proximity sensor includes a visible light emitter with a peak wavelength in a visible wavelength range, and a plasmonic ambient light sensor, where a proximity sensing mode and an ambient light sensing mode are time multiplexed.