IP Library Granted Patent US 12,264,963
Granted Patent B2
US 12,264,963 · App. 18/659,181 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Detection device

Inventors: Kazuki Matsunaga (Tokyo, JP); Akio Takimoto (Tokyo, JP); Shigesumi Araki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
G01J1/0407G01J1/42
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Patent No.
US 12,264,963
App. No.
18/659,181
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a plurality of photodiodes arranged on a substrate; a front light including a light guide plate disposed so as to overlap the photodiodes and a light source configured to emit light to a side surface of the light guide plate; and an optical filter layer provided between the photodiodes and the light guide plate of the front light. The optical filter layer includes a plurality of light guide paths that at least partially overlap the photodiodes, and a light-blocking portion having higher absorptance of the light than the light guide paths. The detection device includes a reflective layer that is provided between the light guide plate and the optical filter layer and overlaps the light-blocking portion of the optical filter layer.

Claims (28)

1. A detection device comprising:

a plurality of photodiodes arranged on a substrate;

a front light comprising a light guide plate disposed so as to overlap the photodiodes and a light source configured to emit light to a side surface of the light guide plate; and

an optical filter layer provided between the photodiodes and the light guide plate of the front light, wherein

the optical filter layer comprises:

a plurality of light guide paths arranged as an array of individual and separate light guide paths, and the light guide paths each respectively at least partially overlap the photodiodes, and

a light-blocking portion having higher absorptance of the light than the light guide paths, the light-blocking portion being disposed between the light guide paths, and the detection device comprises a reflective layer that is provided between the light guide plate and the optical filter layer and overlaps the light-blocking portion of the optical filter layer.

2. The detection device according to claim 1 , comprising a plurality of scattering portions that are provided on the light guide plate and configured to scatter the light from the light source, wherein

the scattering portions each protruding from a surface of the light guide plate are provided in an area overlapping the light-blocking portion of the optical filter layer and the reflective layer, the surface facing the optical filter layer.

3. The detection device according to claim 2 , wherein the scattering portions are dot-shaped or prismatic.

4. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the reflective layer is bonded to the light guide plate with an adhesive layer interposed between the reflective layer and the light guide plate.

5. The detection device according to claim 4 , comprising a plurality of scattering portions that are provided on the light guide plate and configured to scatter the light from the light source, wherein

the scattering portions each protruding from a surface of the light guide plate are provided, the surface being opposite to a surface facing the optical filter layer.

6. The detection device according to claim 5 , wherein the scattering portions are dot-shaped or prismatic.

7. The detection device according to claim 1 , comprising a light-transmitting resin layer provided between the reflective layer and the light guide plate.

8. The detection device according to claim 7 , comprising a plurality of scattering portions that are provided on the light guide plate and configured to scatter the light from the light source, wherein

the scattering portions each protruding from a surface of the light guide plate are provided, the surface being opposite to a surface facing the optical filter layer.

9. The detection device according to claim 8 , wherein the scattering portions are dot-shaped or prismatic.

10. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the light guide paths of the optical filter layer are a light-transmitting resin, and

areas that are located between the light guide plate and the optical filter layer and overlap the light guide paths of the optical filter layer are each an air layer.

11. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the light guide paths of the optical filter layer is an air layer.

12. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the reflective layer comprises a sloped portion provided at an angle with respect to a surface of the light guide plate facing the optical filter layer and a flat portion provided parallel to the surface of the light guide plate facing the optical filter layer.

13. The detection device according to claim 12 , wherein

the light guide plate comprises a first detection area and a second detection area farther than the first detection area from the light source, and

an area of the flat portion in the first detection area is larger than that of the flat portion in the second detection area.

14. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the reflective layer is provided at an upper surface of the light-blocking portion, the upper surface facing the light guide plate.

15. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein at least some light guide paths overlap at least two photodiodes.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071793/0491 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2024
From: MATSUNAGA, KAZUKI; TAKIMOTO, AKIO; ARAKI, SHIGESUMI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 067364/0107 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-185099 · Nov 12, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022041609 · Nov 8, 2022
Related Publication 20240288303A1 · Aug 29, 2024
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