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US 12,498,675 · App. 18/188,903 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Detection device and timepiece

Inventor: Tomoyasu Kurokawa (Kokubunji, JP)
Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
G04G21/025A61B5/681G01J1/0271G04B37/08A61B5/02438
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,498,675
App. No.
18/188,903
Filed
Mar 23, 2023
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2833
USPC
368/11
Abstract

A detection device including a device main body provided with a light receiving hole corresponding to a light receiving element and a light emitting hole corresponding to a light emitting element, and a waterproof member arranged between an outer circumferential surface of a cover arranged in the light receiving hole or the light emitting hole and an inner circumferential surface of the light receiving hole or the light emitting hole.

Claims (23)

1 . A detection device comprising:

a device main body provided with a light receiving hole corresponding to a light receiving element and a light emitting hole corresponding to a light emitting element;

a light receiving cover disposed in the light receiving hole and a light emitting cover disposed in the light emitting hole, the light receiving cover and the light emitting cover each having an effective area and a non-effective area;

a waterproof member arranged between an outer circumferential surface of the light receiving cover or the light emitting cover and an inner circumferential surface of the light receiving hole or the light emitting hole; and

a cover member that covers the device main body including the non-effective area of the light receiving cover and the non-effective area of the light emitting cover.

2 . The detection device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the waterproof member includes a first waterproof member arranged between an outer circumferential surface of the light receiving cover and the inner circumferential surface of the light receiving hole, and a second waterproof member arranged between an outer circumferential surface of the light emitting cover and the inner circumferential surface of the light emitting hole.

3 . The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the device main body is provided with a first light blocking section having a frame shape surrounding the light receiving element, and a second light blocking section having a frame shape surrounding the light emitting element.

4 . The detection device according to claim 2 , wherein the device main body is provided with a first light blocking section having a frame shape surrounding the light receiving element, and a second light blocking section having a frame shape surrounding the light emitting element.

5 . The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the light receiving element is surrounded by a light blocking member except for a light receiving area.

6 . The detection device according to claim 2 , wherein the light receiving element is surrounded by a light blocking member except for a light receiving area.

7 . The detection device according to claim 3 , wherein the light receiving element is surrounded by a light blocking member except for a light receiving area.

8 . The detection device according to claim 4 , wherein the light receiving element is surrounded by a light blocking member except for a light receiving area.

9 . The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the cover member is provided with a first cover hole corresponding to the light receiving cover and a second cover hole corresponding to the light emitting cover.

10 . The detection device according to claim 9 , wherein a first hold-down section which covers and holds down an outer circumferential portion of the light receiving cover is formed on an inner circumferential portion of the first cover hole of the cover member, and a second hold-down section which covers and holds down an outer circumferential portion of the light emitting cover is formed on an inner circumferential portion of the second cover hole of the cover member.

11 . The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting element is plurally provided in two areas of the device main body whose distances to the light receiving element are equal to each other.

12 . The detection device according to claim 2 , wherein the light emitting element is plurally provided in two areas of the device main body whose distances to the light receiving element are equal to each other.

13 . The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting element emits light of a green wavelength.

14 . The detection device according to claim 2 , wherein the light emitting element emits light of a green wavelength.

15 . The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting element includes a first light emitting element which emits light of a red wavelength and a second light emitting element which emits light of an infrared wavelength.

16 . The detection device according to claim 2 , wherein the light emitting element includes a first light emitting element which emits light of a red wavelength and a second light emitting element which emits light of an infrared wavelength.

17 . A timepiece comprising the detection device according to claim 1 .

18 . The timepiece according to claim 17 , wherein the detection device is provided in a back cover attached to a back surface of a timepiece case.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2023
From: KUROKAWA, TOMOYASU
To: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-047801 · Mar 24, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230305498A1 · Sep 28, 2023
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