IP Library Granted Patent US 11,404,454
Granted Patent B2
US 11,404,454 · App. 16/789,957 · Granted Aug 2, 2022

Image sensing device

Inventor: Shih-Chieh Yen (New Territories, HK)
Assignee: GUANGZHOU LUXVISIONS INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
H01L27/14603H01L27/14621H01L27/14627H01L27/14645H01L27/14683G02B7/02G02B7/021G02B7/025G02B13/008H01L27/14649H04M1/0264H04N5/2253H04N5/2254
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Patent No.
US 11,404,454
App. No.
16/789,957
Granted
Aug 2, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image sensing device includes a sensing module, a moving module, and an invisible light transmitter. The sensing module includes several pixel sets. Each of the pixel sets includes several sub-pixels and one or more invisible light sensor. The sub-pixels and the invisible light sensor are arranged into an array. The moving module is connected to the sensing module. The moving module is used to move the sensing module. The invisible light transmitter is disposed corresponding to the sensing module. The invisible light sensor is used to sense an invisible light transmitted from the invisible light transmitter.

Claims (18)

1. An image sensing device, comprising:

a sensing module comprising a plurality of pixel sets, each of the pixel sets comprising a plurality of sub-pixels and at least one invisible light sensor, and the sub-pixels and the invisible light sensor being arranged into an array;

a moving module connected to the sensing module, the moving module being configured to move the sensing module; and

an invisible light transmitter disposed corresponding to the sensing module, and the invisible light sensor being configured to sense an invisible light transmitted from the invisible light transmitter.

2. The image sensing device according to claim 1 , wherein the sub-pixels of each of the pixel sets comprises a first color sub-pixel, a second color sub-pixel, and a third color sub-pixel.

3. The image sensing device according to claim 2 , wherein in each of the pixel sets, the first color sub-pixel, the second color sub-pixel, the third color sub-pixel, and the invisible light sensor are arranged into an array with two columns and two rows.

4. The image sensing device according to claim 2 , wherein a plurality of invisible light sensors is configured in each of the pixel sets; the sub-pixels of each of the pixel sets comprises a plurality of first color sub-pixels, and the first color sub-pixels and at least one of the invisible light sensors are arranged into an array; the sub-pixels of each of the pixel sets comprises a plurality of second color sub-pixels, and the second color sub-pixels and at least one of the invisible light sensors are arranged into an array; and the sub-pixels of each of the pixel sets comprises a plurality of third color sub-pixels, and the third color sub-pixels and at least one of the invisible light sensors are arranged into an array.

5. The image sensing device according to claim 4 , wherein four invisible light sensors are configured in each of the pixel sets; the first color sub-pixels are six green sub-pixels, and every three of the first color sub-pixels and one of the invisible light sensors are arranged into an array with two columns and two rows; the second color sub-pixels are three blue sub-pixels, and the three second color sub-pixels and one of the invisible light sensors are arranged into an array with two columns and two rows; the third color sub-pixels are three red sub-pixels, and the three third color sub-pixels and one of the invisible light sensors are arranged into an array with two columns and two rows.

6. The image sensing device according to claim 4 , wherein eight invisible light sensors are configured in each of the pixel sets; the first color sub-pixels are four green sub-pixels, and every two of the first color sub-pixels and two invisible light sensors are arranged into an array with two columns and two rows; the second color sub-pixels are two blue sub-pixels, and the two second color sub-pixels and two invisible light sensors are arranged into an array with two columns and two rows; and the third color sub-pixels are two red sub-pixels, and the two third color sub-pixels and two invisible light sensors are arranged into an array with two columns and two rows.

7. The image sensing device according to claim 2 , wherein in each of the pixel sets, four first color sub-pixels are arranged into an array with two columns and two rows, four second color sub-pixels are arranged into an array with two columns and two rows, four third color sub-pixels are arranged into an array with two columns and two rows, and four invisible light sensors are arranged into an array with two columns and two rows.

8. The image sensing device according to claim 2 , wherein in each of the pixel sets, four first color sub-pixels are arranged into a first set of array with two columns and two rows, four second color sub-pixels are arranged into a second set of array with two columns and two rows, four third color sub-pixels are arranged into a third set of array with two columns and two rows, and a single invisible light sensor is provided, wherein the first set of array, the second set of array, the third set of array, and the single invisible light sensor are arranged into an array with two columns and two rows.

9. The image sensing device according to claim 1 , wherein when the sensing module is at a first location and the sub-pixels sense a visible light to generate pixel data, the moving module moves the sensing module to a second location, the invisible light transmitter transmits the invisible light, and the invisible light sensor senses the invisible light to generate depth data, wherein the pixel data generated by the sub-pixels of each of the pixel sets correspond to the depth data generated by the invisible light sensor.

10. The image sensing device according to claim 9 , wherein when the sensing module is at the first location, the visible light is focused to the sub-pixels; when the sensing module is at the second location, the invisible light is focused to the invisible light sensor.

11. The image sensing device according to claim 10 , further comprising a lens, wherein the sensing module is aligned with the lens in an axial direction of the lens, and the moving module is configured to move the sensing module in the axial direction of the lens.

12. The image sensing device according to claim 11 , further comprising a light filter and a plurality of microlenses, wherein the light filter is located between the lens and the sensing module, the microlenses are located between the light filter and the pixel sets, and each of the microlenses is aligned with the corresponding sub-pixel and the corresponding invisible light sensor.

13. The image sensing device according to claim 12 , wherein the invisible light transmitter is configured to transmit an infrared light, the invisible light sensor is configured to sense the infrared light, and the visible light and the infrared light are capable of passing through the light filter.

14. The image sensing device according to claim 9 , wherein the sub-pixels of each of the pixel sets comprises a first color sub-pixel, a second color sub-pixel, and a third color sub-pixel; in each of the pixel sets, four first color sub-pixels are arranged into a first set of array with two columns and two rows, four second color sub-pixels are arranged into a second set of array with two columns and two rows, four third color sub-pixels are arranged into a third set of array with two columns and two rows, and a single invisible light sensor is provided, wherein the first set of array, the second set of array, the third set of array, and the single invisible light sensor are arranged into an array with two columns and two rows.

15. The image sensing device according to claim 13 , wherein the sub-pixels of each of the pixel sets comprises a first color sub-pixel, a second color sub-pixel, and a third color sub-pixel; in each of the pixel sets, four first color sub-pixels are arranged into a first set of array with two columns and two rows, four second color sub-pixels are arranged into a second set of array with two columns and two rows, four third color sub-pixels are arranged into a third set of array with two columns and two rows, and a single invisible light sensor is provided, wherein the first set of array, the second set of array, the third set of array, and the single invisible light sensor are arranged into an array with two columns and two rows.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 6, 2026
From: GUANGZHOU LUXVISIONS INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
To: LUXVISIONS INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CORP. LIMITED
Reel/Frame 074245/0396 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2022
From: LUXVISIONS INNOVATION LIMITED
To: GUANGZHOU LUXVISIONS INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 059695/0831 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2020
From: YEN, SHIH-CHIEH
To: LUXVISIONS INNOVATION LIMITED
Reel/Frame 051825/0561 →