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Granted Patent B2
US 12,402,857 · App. 18/281,654 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Electronic device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP); Koji Kusunoki (Isehara, JP); Kazunori Watanabe (Machida, JP); Tatsunori Inoue (Yamato, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
A61B8/10A61B3/12A61B8/06G02B27/017G06T19/006
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Patent No.
US 12,402,857
App. No.
18/281,654
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device capable of measuring the blood flow speed in a retina blood vessel or the like of an eye is provided. The electronic device includes a display portion, a sending portion, a receiving portion, and a control circuit. The sending portion has a function of generating a first ultrasonic wave with a first frequency and a function of sending a first electric signal corresponding to the first frequency to the control circuit. The receiving portion has a function of receiving a second ultrasonic wave, which is the first ultrasonic wave reflected by an object, with a second frequency, a function of generating a second electric signal corresponding to the second frequency, and a function of sending the second electric signal to the control circuit. Note that the object is one or more selected from a retina blood vessel and a blood vessel included in a retina of a user's eye. The control circuit has a function of calculating the blood flow speed in one or more selected from the retina blood vessel and the blood vessel with the use of the first electric signal and the second electric signal and a function of sending a third electric signal corresponding to the blood flow speed to the display portion. The display portion has a function of receiving the third electric signal and displaying the blood flow speed.

Claims (17)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a display portion comprising a first region and a second region; and

a sensor portion over the display portion,

wherein the first region comprises a first light-emitting device,

wherein the second region comprises a second light-emitting device and a light-receiving device,

wherein the sensor portion comprises a diamond layer,

wherein the sensor portion and the second region overlap each other,

wherein the electronic device further comprises a wall between the first light-emitting device and the second light-emitting device,

wherein, when first light from the second light-emitting device enters the sensor portion, second light from the sensor portion enters to the light-receiving device, and

wherein the electronic device is configured to measure a temperature from an intensity of the second light.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the diamond layer comprises an NV center.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor portion and the first region do not overlap each other.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor portion and an eye of a user do not overlap each other.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light-emitting device comprises a laser light source.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the wall is configured to prevent entry of light between the first region and the second region.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising an objective lens between the second region and the sensor portion.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE 4TH INVENTORS NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 064874 FRAME: 0366. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Sep 14, 2023
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; KUSUNOKI, KOJI; WATANABE, KAZUNORI; INOUE, TATSUNORI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064906/0970 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2023
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; KUSUNOKI, KOJI; WATANABE, KAZUNORI; INOUE, TETSUNORI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064874/0366 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-065754 · Apr 8, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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