IP Library Granted Patent US 12,521,015
Granted Patent B2
US 12,521,015 · App. 18/679,466 · Granted Jan 13, 2026

Optical sensor

Inventors: Kazuki Matsunaga (Tokyo, JP); Shigesumi Araki (Tokyo, JP); Yasushi Tomioka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
A61B5/0059
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Patent No.
US 12,521,015
App. No.
18/679,466
Granted
Jan 13, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an optical sensor capable of obtaining a plurality of types of information by a plurality of wavelengths in a short time. The optical sensor includes a light receiving part that includes a plurality of pixels disposed in a plane surface and receives light from a measuring object, an interposer that includes a plurality of through holes and is disposed on an upper side of the light receiving part such that one or plurality of the through holes overlap each of the pixels, a first wavelength selecting unit that transmits light in a first wavelength band and overlaps each of the plurality of through holes belonging to a first group, and a second wavelength selecting unit that transmits light in a second wavelength band and overlaps the plurality of through holes belonging to a second group, which is different from the first group.

Claims (21)

1 . An optical sensor comprising:

a light receiving part that includes a plurality of pixels disposed in a plane surface and receives light from a measuring object;

an interposer that includes a plurality of through holes and is disposed on an upper side of the light receiving part;

a first resin that transmits light only in a first wavelength band and that overlaps each of the plurality of through holes belonging to a first group; and

a second resin that transmits light only in a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band and that overlaps each of the plurality of through holes belonging to a second group, which is different from the first group,

wherein

the plurality of pixels includes first pixels and second pixels,

each of the first pixels overlaps two or more of the plurality of through holes belonging to the first group, and

each of the second pixels overlaps two or more of the plurality of through holes belonging to the second group.

2 . The optical sensor according to claim 1 , wherein

the first resin and the second resin are each disposed inside the plurality of through holes.

3 . The optical sensor according to claim 2 , wherein

the plurality of pixels and the plurality of through holes are arranged in a matrix, and

the first group and the second group are disposed in a plane.

4 . The optical sensor according to claim 2 , wherein

the plurality of pixels and the plurality of through holes are arranged in a matrix, and

the through holes belonging to the first group and the through holes belonging to the second group are alternately arranged in both first and second directions perpendicular to each other.

5 . The optical sensor according to claim 1 , further comprising a cover member that is disposed on an upper side of the interposer and covers the interposer, wherein

the first resin and the second resin are formed as light-transmitting adhesive films that adhere the interposer and the cover member.

6 . The optical sensor according to claim 1 , wherein

a size of an opening of each of the plurality of through holes on the light receiving part side is smaller than a size of an opening of each of the plurality of through holes on an opposite side.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071543/0251 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2024
From: MATSUNAGA, KAZUKI; ARAKI, SHIGESUMI; TOMIOKA, YASUSHI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 067586/0995 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-195702 · Dec 1, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022033733 · Sep 8, 2022
Related Publication 20240315561A1 · Sep 26, 2024
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