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US 12,189,029 · App. 18/613,142 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Optical sensing system

Inventors: Guo-Zhen Wang (Hsin-Chu, TW); Tse-En Peng (Hsin-Chu, TW)
Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
G01S17/04G01S7/4808G01S17/08
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Patent No.
US 12,189,029
App. No.
18/613,142
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical sensing system, comprising: a first light source, configured to emit first light to a first position; a second light source, configured to emit second light to a second position, wherein the first position is above the second position, wherein the first light is not emitted to the second position and the second light is not emitted to the first position; and an optical sensor, configured to sense optical data generated based on at least one of the first light source and the second light source; wherein a detecting region of the optical sensor comprises an upper half region and a lower half region, wherein a size of the upper half region is adjustable.

Claims (18)

1. An optical sensing system, comprising:

a first light source, configured to emit first light to a first position;

a second light source, configured to emit second light to a second position, wherein the first position is above the second position, wherein the first light is not emitted to the second position and the second light is not emitted to the first position; and

an optical sensor, configured to sense optical data generated based on at least one of the first light source and the second light source;

wherein a detecting region of the optical sensor comprises an upper half region and a lower half region, wherein a size of the upper half region is adjustable.

2. The optical sensing system of claim 1 , wherein the first light is dot light.

3. The optical sensing system of claim 1 , wherein the first light is line light.

4. The optical sensing system of claim 1 , wherein the second light is dot light.

5. The optical sensing system of claim 1 , wherein the second light is line light.

6. The optical sensing system of claim 1 , wherein the second light source emits the second light after the first light source emits the first light for a predetermined time.

7. The optical sensing system of claim 6 , further comprising:

a uniform light source, configured to emit uniform light to the object, wherein the first light source is below the uniform light source and the second light source is above the uniform light source;

wherein the uniform light source emits the uniform light after the second light source emits the second light for the predetermined time.

8. The optical sensing system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a uniform light source, configured to emit uniform light to the object, wherein the first light source is below the uniform light source and the second light source is above the uniform light source.

9. The optical sensing system of claim 8 , wherein the first light, the second light and the uniform light are not simultaneously emitted.

10. The optical sensing system of claim 8 , wherein the uniform light source emits the uniform light after the first light source emits the first light for a predetermined time or the second light source emits the second light for the predetermined time.

11. The optical sensing system of claim 1 , wherein the object is a hand.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 18201731 · May 24, 2023
Continuation 16561001 · Sep 4, 2019
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