IP Library Granted Patent US 12,511,511
Granted Patent B2
US 12,511,511 · App. 18/826,768 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Detection device

Inventor: Tomoyuki Ishihara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Magnolia White Corporation
G06K19/0716G06K19/0728G06K19/07743G06K19/07786
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,511,511
App. No.
18/826,768
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a light-transmitting light guide plate that has a first surface on one side in a first direction and on which an object to be detected is to be placed so as to overlap the first surface; an optical sensor that is disposed on the other side in the first direction with respect to the light guide plate so as to overlap the light guide plate and includes photodiodes; a light source that is adjacent to the light guide plate in a second direction intersecting the first direction and is configured to emit light to a side surface of the light guide plate; and an antenna coil overlapping at least one of the light guide plate and the optical sensor as viewed in the first direction. The optical sensor, the light source, and the antenna coil are electrically coupled to a control board.

Claims (25)

1 . A detection device comprising:

a light-transmitting light guide plate that has a first surface on one side in a first direction and on which an object to be detected is to be placed so as to overlap the first surface;

an optical sensor that is disposed on the other side in the first direction with respect to the light guide plate so as to overlap the light guide plate and comprises a plurality of photodiodes arranged in a planar configuration;

a light source that is disposed adjacent to the light guide plate in a second direction intersecting the first direction and is configured to emit light to a side surface of the light guide plate;

an optical filter disposed on the other side of the guide plate; and

an antenna coil disposed so as to overlap at least either one of the light guide plate and the optical sensor as viewed in the first direction, wherein

the optical sensor, the light source, and the antenna coil are electrically coupled to a control board and

the optical filter, the antenna coil, and the optical sensor are stacked in this order as viewed in the first direction from the other side of the light guide plate, with the optical filter facing the other side of the light guide plate.

2 . The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the optical sensor has a detection surface provided with the photodiodes, and

the antenna coil is disposed on an outer peripheral side of the detection surface of the optical sensor so as to wind around the detection surface, as viewed in the first direction.

3 . The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna coil contains metal.

4 . The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna coil contains a light-transmitting conductive material.

5 . The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the optical sensor has a detection surface provided with the photodiodes, and

the antenna coil contains a light-transmitting conductive material and overlaps the detection surface as viewed in the first direction.

6 . The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the light guide plate has a second surface on the other side in the first direction, and

the second surface is provided with a plurality of scatterers configured to cause the light incident from the light source to exit from the first surface.

7 . The detection device according to claim 1 , comprising:

an image generation circuit configured to perform a first process to calculate differential image data that indicates a detection result of the object to be detected based on a difference between image data of the object to be detected captured by the optical sensor and base image data; and

a radio-frequency identifier (RFID) communication circuit configured to perform a second process to receive information of an RFID tag of the object to be detected via the antenna coil.

8 . The detection device according to claim 7 , wherein

the second process is omitted when the first process is established, and

the first process is omitted when the second process is established.

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 Sep 13, 2024
From: ISHIHARA, TOMOYUKI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 068579/0181 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-158317 · Sep 22, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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