IP Library Granted Patent US 7,050,043
Granted Patent B2
US 7,050,043 · App. 10/628,438 · Granted May 23, 2006

Optical apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,050,043
App. No.
10/628,438
Granted
May 23, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical apparatus. The optical apparatus is applied to an object surface, comprising a frame, a light emitting device and an optical sensor. The frame is disposed in the optical apparatus, having a first compartment and a second compartment, wherein the first compartment has a first opening and the second compartment has a second opening. The light emitting device is disposed in the first compartment, wherein light emitted from the light emitting device passes through the first opening and is reflected by the object surface outside the frame. The optical sensor is disposed in the second compartment to receive light reflected from the object surface passing through the second opening.

Claims (18)

1. An optical apparatus for use on an object surface, comprising:

a IC package structure, having a first compartment and a second compartment, wherein the first compartment has a first opening and the second compartment has a second opening;

a light emitting device bonded in the first compartment, wherein light emitted from the light emitting device passes through the first opening and is reflected by the object; and

an optical sensor bonded in the second compartment, and receiving the light reflected through the second opening from the object surface.

2. The optical apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a light guiding element disposed in the first opening to guide the light in a specific direction.

3. The optical apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a lens disposed in the second opening for guiding the light to the optical sensor.

4. The optical apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a lens and a fixing mechanism, wherein the fixing mechanism has a third opening in which the lens is disposed.

5. The optical apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light emitting device bonded in the first compartment is a surface mounted light emitting diode (LED).

6. The optical apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the optical apparatus is an optical pointing device.

7. An optical apparatus for use of an object surface, comprising:

a IC package structure, having a first compartment and a second compartment, wherein the first compartment has a first and a third opening and the second compartment has a second opening;

a light emitting device bonded in the third opening, wherein light emitted from the light emitting device passes through the first opening and is reflected by the object surface; and

an optical sensor in the second compartment, and receiving the light reflected through the second opening from the object surface.

8. The optical apparatus as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising a light guiding element disposed in the first opening to guide the light in a specific direction.

9. The optical apparatus as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising a lens disposed in the second opening guiding the light to the optical sensor.

10. The optical apparatus as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising a lens and a fixing mechanism, wherein the fixing mechanism has a fourth opening in which the lens is disposed.

11. The optical apparatus as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the light emitting device bonded in the third opening is a packaged light emitting diode (LED).

12. The optical apparatus as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the optical apparatus is an optical pointing device.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2017
From: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD
To: COMPACT LENS TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 043841/0206 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2017
From: COMPACT LENS TECHNOLOGIES LLC
To: PROXIMITY SENSORS OF TEXAS LLC
Reel/Frame 043841/0354 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2016
From: GLOBAL LED SOLUTIONS, LLC
To: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 038705/0656 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2014
From: PIXART IMAGING INC.
To: GLOBAL LED SOLUTIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 032891/0117 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2003
From: HUANG, CHIEN-CHANG; LIN, CHUN-HUANG; LAN, JENG-FENG
To: PIXART IMAGNING INC.
Reel/Frame 014342/0076 →