Granted Patent B2

US 12,400,470 · App. 18/102,158 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Inventors: Yasushi Tomioka (Tokyo, JP); Kazuki Matsunaga (Tokyo, JP); Toshiyuki Higano (Tokyo, JP); Kazuhiro Nishiyama (Tokyo, JP)

Assignee: Magnolia White Corporation

G06V40/1318G06V40/1329H10F39/024H10F39/18

Abstract

Claims (30)

1. A method for manufacturing a light guide portion, comprising:

applying a first organic material onto a substrate;

emitting light to an area of the first organic material applied onto the substrate where light guide paths are to be formed;

curing the first organic material in the area irradiated with the light to form the light guide paths made of the cured first organic material;

removing uncured first organic material from the substrate;

applying a second organic material to an area on the substrate where the light guide paths are not formed;

forming a light-absorbing portion by emitting light or heat to the second organic material on the substrate and curing the second organic material;

applying or attaching a light-transmitting layer on the light guide portion to form a light guide body on a substate;

removing the substrate from the light guide body; and

providing the light guide body onto a sensor, wherein

the first organic material is a material that contains an acrylic monomer having a n-electron conjugated system and an oligomer that contains a siloxane bond having a low refractive index,

the oligomer has a greater molecular weight than that of the acrylic monomer, and

in the curing the first organic material, the acrylic monomer increases in a central portion of an area irradiated with the light to have:

the central portion having a higher refractive index to be the light guide path; and

an outside portion in a radial direction of the central portion having a lower refractive index to be a low-refractive-index portion.

2. The method for manufacturing the light guide portion according to claim 1 ,

wherein the light for curing the first organic material is ultraviolet light.

3. The method for manufacturing the light guide portion according to claim 1 ,

wherein the light for curing the first organic material is collimated light.

4. The method for manufacturing the light guide portion according to claim 1 ,

wherein the light for curing the first organic material is irradiated so that the aspect ratios of the light guide paths, which are ratios of lengths from one surface to the other surface to diameters of the respective light guide paths, are different from one another.

5. The method for manufacturing the light guide portion according to claim 1 , further comprising forming a selective light-absorbing portion by emitting light or heat to a polymer material on the substrate and curing the polymer material.

6. The method for manufacturing the light guide portion according to claim 5 ,

wherein the polymer material contains a pigment or a dye that absorbs visible light.

7. The method for manufacturing the light guide portion according to claim 5 ,

wherein the selective light-absorbing portion absorbs visible light but transmits infrared light.

8. The method for manufacturing the light guide portion according to claim 5 ,

wherein the selective light-absorbing portion is formed thinner than the light-absorbing portion in a direction in which the first organic material and the second organic material are stacked on the substrate.

9. The method for manufacturing the light guide portion according to claim 1 ,

wherein the light-absorbing portion absorbs visible light and infrared light.

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