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Granted Patent B2
US 12,165,430 · App. 18/378,501 · Granted Dec 10, 2024

Detection device

Inventors: Hirofumi Kato (Tokyo, JP); Yoshitaka Kojima (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
G06V40/1318G06V40/145
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Patent No.
US 12,165,430
App. No.
18/378,501
Granted
Dec 10, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a plurality of optical sensors that are arranged in a detection area and each of which is configured to output a signal corresponding to light irradiating the optical sensor; a detection circuit configured to be supplied with the signals from the optical sensors; and a control circuit configured to output first data and second data for which detection conditions for acquiring the signals differ from each other. The control circuit is configured to output detection information data in which the detection conditions for the first data and the detection conditions for the second data are added as attribute information to a head of a data string in which the first data and the second data are sequentially arranged.

Claims (40)

1. A detection device comprising:

a plurality of optical sensors that are arranged in a detection area and each of which is configured to output a signal corresponding to light irradiating the optical sensor;

a detection circuit configured to be supplied with the signals from the optical sensors; and

a control circuit configured to output first data and second data for which detection conditions for acquiring the signals differ from each other, wherein

the control circuit is configured to output detection information data in which the detection conditions for the first data and the detection conditions for the second data are added as attribute information to a head of a data string in which the first data and the second data are sequentially arranged,

the first data and the second data are acquired in the detection area at different frame rates from each other,

one of the first data and the second data is acquired at a first frame rate,

the other of the first data and the second data is acquired at a second frame rate different from the first frame rate, and

the attribute information includes at least frame rate information that indicates which of the first frame rate or the second frame rate is the frame rate used to acquire the first data.

2. The detection device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first light source configured to emit first light to the detection area; and

a second light source configured to emit second light having a different wavelength from that of the first light to the detection area, wherein

one of the first data and the second data is acquired by emitting the first light,

the other of the first data and the second data is acquired by emitting the second light, and

the attribute information includes at least light source information indicating which of the first light and the second light is the light emitted to acquire the first data.

3. The detection device according to claim 2 , wherein the first light or the second light is infrared light or red light.

4. The detection device according to claim 2 , wherein the first light or the second light is blue light or green light.

5. The detection device according to claim 2 , wherein the first light or the second light is infrared light.

6. The detection device according to claim 2 , wherein the first light or the second light is red light.

7. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first data and the second data are acquired in the detection area at different definitions from each other,

one of the first data and the second data is acquired at a first definition,

the other of the first data and the second data is acquired at a second definition different from the first definition, and

the attribute information includes at least definition information indicating which of the first definition and the second definition is the definition used to acquire the first data.

8. The detection device according to claim 7 , wherein the first definition or the second definition is 300 pixels per inch (ppi) or higher.

9. The detection device according to claim 7 , wherein the first definition or the second definition is 50 pixels per inch (ppi) or lower.

10. The detection device according to claim 7 , wherein the first definition or the second definition is higher than 50 pixels per inch (ppi) and lower than 300 ppi.

11. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the first frame rate or the second frame rate is 20 frames per second (fps) or lower.

12. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the first frame rate or the second frame rate is 100 frames per second (fps) or higher.

13. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the first frame rate or the second frame rate is higher than 20 frames per second (fps) and lower than 100 fps.

14. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

third data is acquired in a first frame, and

fourth data is acquired in a second frame different from the first frame.

15. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

third data is acquired in odd-numbered frames, and

fourth data is acquired in even-numbered frames.

16. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the detection area is divided into a first divided detection area and a second divided detection area,

third data is acquired in the first divided detection area, and

fourth data is acquired in the second divided detection area.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2023
From: KATO, HIROFUMI; KOJIMA, YOSHITAKA
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 065183/0307 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-068636 · Apr 14, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022017851 · Apr 14, 2022
Related Publication 20240046694A1 · Feb 8, 2024
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