IP Library Granted Patent US 11,539,191
Granted Patent B2
US 11,539,191 · App. 16/712,940 · Granted Dec 27, 2022

Light-emitting device, optical device, and information processing apparatus

Inventors: Kenichi Ono (Kanagawa, JP); Takeshi Minamiru (Kanagawa, JP); Satoshi Inada (Kanagawa, JP); Takafumi Higuchi (Kanagawa, JP); Tsutomu Otsuka (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
H01S5/423G02B5/0221G06F21/32H01S5/02257H01S5/02315H01S5/02325H01S5/02345H01S5/04254H01S5/18388H01S5/18361H01S5/22H01S5/34313H01S5/34353
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Patent No.
US 11,539,191
App. No.
16/712,940
Granted
Dec 27, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device includes a light diffusing member that diffuses light emitted from a light source so that an object to be measured is irradiated with the light; and a holding unit that is provided on plural wires connected to the light source and holds the light diffusing member.

Claims (24)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a light diffusing member that diffuses light emitted from a light source so that an object to be measured is irradiated with the light; and

a holding unit that is provided on a plurality of wires connected to the light source and holds the light diffusing member, wherein

the light source has an anode electrode and a cathode electrode,

the plurality of wires include an anode wire connected to the anode electrode and a cathode wire connected to the cathode electrode,

the light source is a light-emitting element array having a first side surface and a second side surface that face each other and a third side surface and a fourth side surface that connect the first side surface and the second side surface and face each other, and

the holding unit is provided on the anode wire, and the anode wire is provided on a substrate on both of the first side surface side and the second side surface side.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the holding unit is provided on the anode wire, and the anode wire is further provided on the substrate on the third side surface side.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the holding unit is provided on the cathode wire, and the cathode wire is provided on the substrate on the third side surface side.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the holding unit is provided on the cathode wire, and the cathode wire is further provided on the substrate on the fourth side surface side.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the holding unit is made of ceramic.

6. An optical device comprising:

the light-emitting device according to claim 1 ; and

a light receiving unit that receives light emitted from the light source of the light-emitting device and reflected by the object to be measured,

wherein the light receiving unit outputs a signal corresponding to a period from the emission of the light from the light source to the reception of the light by the light receiving unit.

7. An information processing apparatus comprising:

the optical device according to claim 6 ; and

a shape specifying unit that specifies a three-dimensional shape of the object to be measured based on the light emitted from the light source of the optical device, reflected by the object to be measured, and received by the light receiving unit of the optical device.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising an authentication processing unit that performs authentication processing concerning use of the information processing apparatus based on a result of the specifying of the shape specifying unit.

9. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the anode wire comprises a first anode wire on the first side surface side and a second anode wire on the second side surface side, and the first anode wire on the first side surface side and the second anode wire on the second side surface side are physically separated on one side of the substrate.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 20, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056308/0116 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2019
From: ONO, KENICHI; MINAMIRU, TAKESHI; INADA, SATOSHI; HIGUCHI, TAKAFUMI; OTSUKA, TSUTOMU
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051339/0633 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-039587 · Mar 5, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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