IP Library Granted Patent US 11,721,121
Granted Patent B2
US 11,721,121 · App. 16/958,357 · Granted Aug 8, 2023

Mobile terminal comprising display screen, flexible circuit board, light source, optical fingerprint module, and annular light guide, a fingerprint recognition area located in annular ring of annular light guide, and annular light-shielding part located on surface of annular light guide away from display screen

Inventor: Kesheng Wen (Chang'an Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
G06V40/1318H10K59/65H01L27/14623H01L27/14625H01L27/14678
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Patent No.
US 11,721,121
App. No.
16/958,357
Granted
Aug 8, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal includes a display screen; a flexible circuit board below the display screen and being provided with a first light source; an optical fingerprint module below the display screen, wherein a fingerprint recognition area is disposed on a surface of the optical fingerprint module facing the display screen, and the flexible circuit board is located outside the optical fingerprint module; a light guide part disposed at the periphery of the fingerprint recognition area and capable of receiving light emitted by the first light source.

Claims (20)

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display screen;

a first flexible circuit board below the display screen, the first flexible circuit board being provided with a first light source;

an optical fingerprint module below the display screen, wherein a fingerprint recognition area is disposed on a surface of the optical fingerprint module facing the display screen, and the first flexible circuit board is located outside the optical fingerprint module;

a light guide part arranged at a periphery of the fingerprint recognition area and capable of receiving light emitted by the first light source,

wherein, the light guide part is an annular light guide, and the fingerprint recognition area is located in an annular ring of the annular light guide, the light guide part is a light guide film,

an annular light-shielding part is located on a surface of the annular light guide away from the display screen,

wherein,

a projection, on a plane in which the annular light guide is located, of an entirety of the first light source is outside an outer contour of a projection of the annular light guide on the plane in which the annular light guide is located,

the first flexible circuit board is connected to a second flexible circuit board of the display screen, and

the optical fingerprint module, the light guide part, and the first light source are located on a surface, away from the display screen, of the first flexible circuit board.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a controller connected to the first light source and configured to control the first light source to emit light intermittently.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 2 , wherein

the controller is further connected to a second light source of the display screen, and the controller controls the first light source to be turned off when the second light source of the display screen is in an illuminated state.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 2 , wherein

the display screen is a self-luminous display screen, the controller is further connected to the display screen, and the controller controls the first light source to be turned off when the display screen is in an illuminated state.

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the light-shielding part is a light-shielding adhesive paper.

6. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the first light source is an LED lamp.

7. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein, the first light source is located at a region of the first flexible circuit board located outside the optical fingerprint module, and the first light source is powered by the first flexible circuit board.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2025
From: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 073133/0098 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2020
From: WEN, KESHENG
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053063/0975 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201711432709.9 · Dec 26, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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