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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2008
Applicants:
Timothy James Orsley, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Guy Ritter, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Timothy James Orsley, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Guy Ritter, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G02B 6/08 (2006.01); B29D 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/08 (2013.01); B29D 11/00663 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/0317 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical finger navigation device and method for making the device uses a light pipe array lens, which includes an array of light pipes formed in a monolithic block of material. The light pipe array lens is configured to function similarly to a fiber bundle lens to transmit light through the lens using the light pipes in the monolithic block of material.