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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Yuichiro Nakata, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshitsugu Uedaira, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/00 (2006.01); G01J 1/44 (2006.01); G01J 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/44 (2013.01); G01J 1/1626 (2013.01); G01J 2001/446 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical sensor device includes at least two light receiving units in which a plurality of types of light receiving elements is integrated in the same vertical structure. In addition, the optical sensor device further includes a switch unit configured to select at least one of the light receiving elements in each of the light receiving units in a time-division manner.