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US 12,223,026 · App. 18/147,089 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

User device incorporating multi-sensing sensor device

Inventors: William D. Houck (Santa Rosa, CA); Markus Bilger (Santa Rosa, CA)
Assignee: VIAVI Solutions Inc.
G06F21/32A61B5/021A61B5/02444G01N21/25G06F1/1626
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Patent No.
US 12,223,026
App. No.
18/147,089
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device may include a sensor window. The sensor window may include a substrate. The sensor window may include a set of layers disposed onto the substrate. The set of layers may include a first subset of layers of a first refractive index and a second set of layers of a second refractive index different from the first refractive index. The set of layers may be associated with a threshold transmissivity in a sensing spectral range, and may be configured to a particular color in a visible spectral range and associated with a threshold opacity in the visible spectral range. The device may include a spectral sensor device aligned to the sensor window and including at least one sensor element to receive light in the sensing spectral range and provide a plurality of sensing functionalities based on at least one measurement of the light in the sensing spectral range.

Claims (59)

1. A system for a user device, comprising:

a single sensor device configured to perform a health monitoring functionality and a security functionality; and

an optical filter comprising a plurality of layers,

wherein thicknesses of the plurality of layers cause different wavelengths of light to be directed to different sensor elements of the single sensor device,

wherein the single sensor device is a single multispectral sensor configured to perform the health monitoring functionality and the security functionality based on the different wavelengths of light,

wherein, to perform the security functionality, the single sensor device is configured to:

perform the security functionality using a subcutaneous identification technique, and

wherein, to perform the health monitoring functionality, the single sensor device is configured to:

perform the health monitoring functionality based on measurements of one or more wavelengths of light reflected.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a sensor window that is opaque in a visible spectral range and transmissive in a sensing spectral range.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the sensing spectral range is a near-infrared spectral range or a mid-infrared spectral range.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a sensor window configured to be a particular color, in a visible spectral range, that matches an adjacent surface of the user device and conceals the single sensor device.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a sensor window configured to protect the single sensor device from an external environment.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein, to perform the security functionality using the subcutaneous identification technique, the single sensor device is configured to:

transmit near-infrared light through a sensor window; and

determine a biometric authentication based on a tissue structure in a finger of a hand.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein, to determine the biometric authentication, the single sensor device is configured to:

receive a portion of the near-infrared light reflected off one or more of capillaries or veins in the finger;

determine a vascular structure in the finger based on receiving the portion of the near-infrared light; and

determine the biometric authentication based on the vascular structure,

wherein the tissue structure is the vascular structure.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the subcutaneous identification technique comprises sensing to a penetration depth of greater than 0.1 microns.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the single sensor device is further configured to perform a spectroscopic classification or quantification using measurements of near-infrared light.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the single sensor device is further configured to:

provide, based on performing the security functionality and performing the health monitoring functionality, information indicating that a fingerprint was from a person and not an artificial imprint.

11. A method, comprising:

performing, by a single sensor device that is one of a plurality of components of a user device, a security functionality using a subcutaneous identification technique based on one or more first wavelengths of light received at the single sensor device,

wherein the user device comprises an optical filter comprising a plurality of layers, and

wherein thicknesses of the plurality of layers cause different wavelengths of light to be directed to different sensor elements of the single sensor device;

transmitting, by the single sensor device, a near-infrared light toward a hand of a user;

receiving, by the single sensor device, reflected light based on transmitting near-infrared light toward the hand; and

detecting, by the single sensor device, a health parameter of the user based on measurements of one or more second wavelengths of the reflected light.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the health parameter is a heart rate.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

performing a liveness determination based on the health parameter; and

automatically unlocking a user interface of the user device, associated with the single sensor device, based on performing the security functionality and the liveness determination.

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

automatically altering a layout of a screen or one or more preferences of the user device, associated with the single sensor device, based on performing the security functionality and a liveness determination.

15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the subcutaneous identification technique comprises sensing to a penetration depth of greater than 5 microns.

16. A user device, comprising:

a display;

a single sensor device disposed behind the display and configured to perform multiple different sensing functionalities,

wherein the multiple different sensing functionalities include one or more of:

a security functionality,

a health monitoring functionality, or

a liveness determination; and

an optical filter comprising a plurality of layers,

wherein thicknesses of the plurality of layers cause different wavelengths of light to be directed to different sensor elements of the single sensor device, and

wherein the single sensor device is configured to perform the multiple different sensing functionalities based on the different wavelengths of light.

17. The user device of claim 16 , wherein, to perform the multiple different sensing functionalities, the single sensor device is configured to:

perform the security functionality using a subcutaneous identification technique.

18. The user device of claim 16 , wherein, to perform the multiple different sensing functionalities, the single sensor device is configured to:

perform the health monitoring functionality based on measurements of one or more wavelengths of light reflected from a hand.

19. The user device of claim 16 , wherein, to perform the multiple different sensing functionalities, the single sensor device is configured to:

perform the liveness determination based on a heart rate.

20. The user device of claim 16 , wherein the display is configured to provide, for display and based on the liveness determination, information that indicates that liveness is confirmed.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL/FRAME 73189/0873 Recorded May 28, 2026
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: INERTIAL LABS, INC.; VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.; VIAVI SOLUTIONS LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 075642/0381 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2025
From: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.; VIAVI SOLUTIONS LICENSING LLC; INERTIAL LABS, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 073571/0137 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 21, 2025
From: INERTIAL LABS, INC.; VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.; VIAVI SOLUTIONS LICENSING LLC
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 073189/0873 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2022
From: HOUCK, WILLIAM D.; BILGER, MARKUS
To: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.,
Reel/Frame 062231/0826 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16365316 · Mar 26, 2019
Provisional Application 62678014 · May 30, 2018
Related Publication 20230161856A1 · May 25, 2023
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