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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9476773 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 16, 2013

Composite sensor and composite sensor module having first and second substrates mounted to form a seal body about a thermal image sensor with a range image sensor arranged with the second substrate

Applicant:

Hamamatsu Photonics K.k., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;

Inventors:

Fumikazu Ojima, Hamamatsu, JP;

Mitsuhito Mase, Hamamatsu, JP;

Naoto Sakurai, Hamamatsu, JP;

Assignee:

HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;

Attorney:

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Primary Examiner:

Que T Le

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/12 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01); G01J 5/04 (2006.01); G01J 5/02 (2006.01); G01C 3/02 (2006.01); G01J 1/04 (2006.01); G01S 17/02 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); G01J 5/08 (2006.01); G01J 3/36 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/12 (2013.01); G01C 3/02 (2013.01); G01J 1/0407 (2013.01); G01J 3/36 (2013.01); G01J 5/0275 (2013.01); G01J 5/045 (2013.01); G01J 5/0859 (2013.01); G01S 7/4816 (2013.01); G01S 17/023 (2013.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01); G01J 2005/123 (2013.01); H01L 27/14649 (2013.01); H01L 2224/48091 (2013.01);
Abstract

In a composite sensor, an arrangement region of thermal image sensors and an arrangement region of range image sensors are arranged so as to overlap each other as seen in the mounting direction. This makes it possible to acquire thermal and range images coaxially, thereby suppressing image misalignment between the thermal and range images. In the composite sensor, a seal body formed by mounting the first and second substrates on top of each other seals a space about the thermal image sensors in a vacuum state. This can prevent the heat occurring about the range image sensors from affecting the thermal image sensor side. In addition, the substrate arranged with the thermal image sensors and the substrate arranged with the range image sensors are separate from each other, which can secure a degree of freedom in designing.

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