IP Library Granted Patent US 12,468,149
Granted Patent B2
US 12,468,149 · App. 17/726,587 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Optical element including light shielding regions and pinholes

Inventor: Masakazu Gunji (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Magnolia White Corporation
G02B27/0093G06F3/013H04N23/21G02B27/00G02F1/00
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Patent No.
US 12,468,149
App. No.
17/726,587
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an optical device, a center position of a pinhole is disposed at a center position of a sensor region, in a first individual region disposed in a center region, of a plurality of first individual regions, and a distance in planar view between a center region of the sensor region and the pinhole in the first individual region far from the center region is longer than a distance in planar view between the center region of the sensor region and the pinhole in the first individual region close to the center region in the first individual regions disposed in the peripheral region.

Claims (31)

1 . An optical device comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate provided to overlap the first substrate;

a plurality of light emitting regions for emitting near-infrared light on the first substrate;

a plurality of sensor regions for detecting the near-infrared light on the first substrate;

a light shielding region, and a plurality of pinholes provided in the light shielding region on the second substrate;

a plurality of first individual regions each including one of the plurality of sensor regions, the light shielding region, and one of the plurality of pinholes; and

a plurality of second individual regions each including one of the plurality of light emitting regions, wherein

the plurality of first individual regions and the plurality of second individual regions are disposed alternately,

an individual region (A) is in a central region of the plurality of first individual regions,

an individual region (B) and an individual region (C) are in a peripheral region of the plurality of first individual regions,

the individual region (C) is further from the central region than the individual region (B),

a pinhole overlaps with a center portion of the sensor region in the individual region (A),

the pinhole does not overlaps with the center position of the sensor region in the individual region (B),

the pinhole does not overlaps with the center position of the sensor region in the individual region (C), and

a distance between the pinhole and the center position of the sensor region in the individual region (C) is longer than that in the individual region (B) in a planar view.

2 . The optical device according to claim 1 , wherein

the light shielding region includes a plurality of light shielding layers, a first pinhole provided in one of the plurality of light shielding layers, and a second pinhole provided in another of the plurality of light shielding layers,

the one of the plurality of pinholes includes the first pinhole and the second pinhole,

the first pinhole and the second pinhole are displaced from each other in the planar view, and

a line connecting a center of the first pinhole with a center of the second pinhole extends obliquely to a thickness direction of the second substrate.

3 . The optical device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a display panel, wherein

the first substrate, the second substrate, and the display panel are overlapped each other.

4 . The optical device according to claim 3 , wherein

the first substrate is located between the second substrate and the display panel.

5 . The optical device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a lens, wherein

the first substrate, the second substrate, and the lens are overlapped each other.

6 . The optical device according to claim 5 , wherein

the first substrate is located between the second substrate and the lens.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071542/0924 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2022
From: GUNJI, MASAKAZU
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 059673/0333 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-085272 · May 20, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220373792A1 · Nov 24, 2022
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