IP Library Granted Patent US 9,923,411
Granted Patent B2
US 9,923,411 · App. 15/194,693 · Granted Mar 20, 2018

Electronic device

Inventors: Fumiyasu Utsunomiya (Chiba, JP); Takakuni Douseki (Kusatsu, JP); Ami Tanaka (Kusatsu, JP)
Assignees: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; THE RITSUMEIKAN TRUST
H02J7/355G06F3/0383G06F3/03543H02J7/0072
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Patent No.
US 9,923,411
App. No.
15/194,693
Granted
Mar 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes: a light detection circuit having a first light sensor and a second light sensor each generating a photocurrent by photoelectric conversion, a resistive element which allows a difference between the photocurrents generated by the first light sensor and the second light sensor to flow, and a voltage detection circuit which detects a voltage generated by the flow of the differential photocurrent through the resistive element, said electronic device being controlled in operation by an output signal of the light detection circuit; a storing unit charged each time the electronic device is operated; and a rectifying element provided between the storing unit and the resistive element. A current with which the storing unit is charged is made to flow to the resistive element through the rectifying element.

Claims (7)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a light detection circuit having a first light sensor and a second light sensor each generating a photocurrent by photoelectric conversion, a resistive element which allows a difference between the photocurrents generated by the first light sensor and the second light sensor to flow, and a voltage detection circuit which detects a voltage generated by the flow of the differential photocurrent through the resistive element, said electronic device being controlled in operation by an output signal of the light detection circuit;

a storing unit charged each time the electronic device is operated; and

a rectifying element provided between the storing unit and the resistive element,

wherein a current with which the storing unit is charged is made to flow to the resistive element through the rectifying element.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first light sensor and the second light sensor is a PN junction structure generating power with light, and outputs a photocurrent generated by the power generation.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , which is a mouse device.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 8, 2023
From: ABLIC INC.
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 064021/0575 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2020
From: THE RITSUMEIKAN TRUST; ABLIC INC.
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 053829/0785 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 12, 2018
From: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 045567/0927 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2016
From: UTSUNOMIYA, FUMIYASU; DOUSEKI, TAKAKUNI; TANAKA, AMI
To: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; THE RITSUMEIKAN TRUST
Reel/Frame 039305/0097 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-131469 · Jun 30, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170005508A1 · Jan 5, 2017