IP Library Granted Patent US 12,482,293
Granted Patent B2
US 12,482,293 · App. 18/809,758 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Electronic device and authentication method for electronic device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP); Koji Kusunoki (Isehara, JP); Daisuke Kubota (Atsugi, JP); Ryo Hatsumi (Hadano, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
G06V40/1318G06F3/042G06V40/15G06F1/163
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Patent No.
US 12,482,293
App. No.
18/809,758
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device having an authentication method with a high security level is provided. The electronic device includes a pixel portion, a sensor portion, an authentication portion, and a housing. The pixel portion includes a display element and a light-receiving element. The pixel portion has a function of turning on the display element. The pixel portion has a function of obtaining authentication information by capturing an image of a target object touching the pixel portion. The sensor portion has a function of detecting attachment or detachment to a living body or an object. The authentication portion has a function of performing authentication processing with the use of the authentication information. The housing includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The pixel portion is positioned on the first surface and the sensor portion is positioned on the second surface.

Claims (119)

1 . An electronic device comprising:

a pixel portion;

a sensor portion;

an authentication portion;

a memory portion; and

a control portion,

wherein the pixel portion comprises:

a first display element configured to emit one of blue light, green light, and red light;

a second display element configured to emit infrared light; and

a first light-receiving element,

wherein the first display element, the second display element, and the first light-receiving element are provided on a same surface,

wherein the sensor portion comprises:

a third display element configured to emit infrared light; and

a second light-receiving element,

wherein the sensor portion is configured to obtain first authentication information by capturing an image of a first target object using light which is emitted by the third display element and incident on the second light-receiving element,

wherein the first authentication information is one of a vein shape, a pulse wave, a blood glucose level, a cholesterol concentration in blood, and a neutral fat concentration in the blood,

wherein the authentication portion is configured to perform first authentication processing using the first authentication information,

wherein the pixel portion is configured to turn on the first display element and the second display element after the authentication portion has determined that the first authentication information matches data of a user retained in the memory portion,

wherein, after the first display element and the second display element have been turned on, the pixel portion is configured to obtain second authentication information by capturing an image of a second target object touching the pixel portion using light which is emitted by the second display element and incident on the first light-receiving element,

wherein the authentication portion is configured to perform second authentication processing using the second authentication information,

wherein, after the authentication portion has determined that the second authentication information matches data of the user retained in the memory portion, the control portion is configured to unlock the electronic device,

wherein the first display element and the second display element are configured to emit light in a first direction, and

wherein the third display element is configured to emit light in a second direction opposite the first direction.

2 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pixel portion comprises a first transistor,

wherein the first transistor is electrically connected to the second display element or the first light-receiving element, and

wherein the first transistor comprises a metal oxide in a channel formation region.

3 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pixel portion comprises a first transistor,

wherein the first transistor is electrically connected to the second display element or the first light-receiving element, and

wherein the first transistor comprises silicon in a channel formation region.

4 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pixel portion comprises a first transistor and a second transistor,

wherein the first transistor is electrically connected to one of the second display element and the first light-receiving element,

wherein the second transistor is electrically connected to the other of the second display element and the first light-receiving element,

wherein the first transistor comprises a metal oxide in a channel formation region, and

wherein the second transistor comprises silicon in a channel formation region.

5 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pixel portion comprises a touch sensor,

wherein the touch sensor is configured to sense a position of the second target object touching the pixel portion, and

wherein the pixel portion is configured to turn on the second display element at and in the vicinity of the position.

6 . An electronic device comprising:

a pixel portion;

a sensor portion;

an authentication portion;

a housing; and

a memory portion,

wherein the pixel portion comprises:

a first display element configured to emit one of blue light, green light, and red light;

a second display element configured to emit infrared light; and

a first light-receiving element,

wherein the first display element, the second display element, and the first light-receiving element are provided on a same surface,

wherein the sensor portion comprises:

a third display element configured to emit infrared light; and

a second light-receiving element,

wherein the sensor portion is configured to obtain first authentication information by capturing an image of a first target object using light which is emitted by the third display element and incident on the second light-receiving element,

wherein the first authentication information is one of a vein shape, a pulse wave, a blood glucose level, a cholesterol concentration in blood, and a neutral fat concentration in the blood,

wherein the authentication portion is configured to perform first authentication processing using the first authentication information,

wherein the pixel portion is configured to turn on the first display element and the second display element after the authentication portion has determined that the first authentication information matches data of a user retained in the memory portion,

wherein, after the first display element and the second display element have been turned on, the pixel portion is configured to obtain second authentication information by capturing an image of a second target object touching the pixel portion using light which is emitted by the second display element and incident on the first light-receiving element,

wherein the authentication portion is configured to perform second authentication processing using the second authentication information,

wherein the housing comprises a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface,

wherein the pixel portion is positioned on the first surface, and

wherein the sensor portion is positioned on the second surface.

7 . The electronic device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the pixel portion comprises a first transistor,

wherein the first transistor is electrically connected to the second display element or the first light-receiving element, and

wherein the first transistor comprises a metal oxide in a channel formation region.

8 . An electronic device comprising:

a pixel portion;

a sensor portion;

an authentication portion; and

a memory portion,

wherein the pixel portion comprises:

a first display element configured to emit infrared light; and

a first light-receiving element,

wherein the sensor portion comprises:

a second display element configured to emit infrared light; and

a second light-receiving element,

wherein the sensor portion is configured to obtain first authentication information by capturing an image of a first target object using light which is emitted by the second display element and incident on the second light-receiving element,

wherein the first authentication information is one of a vein shape, a pulse wave, a blood glucose level, a cholesterol concentration in blood, and a neutral fat concentration in the blood,

wherein the authentication portion is configured to perform first authentication processing using the first authentication information,

wherein the pixel portion is configured to turn on the first display element after the authentication portion has determined that the first authentication information matches data of a user retained in the memory portion,

wherein, after the first display element has been turned on, the pixel portion is configured to obtain second authentication information by capturing an image of a second target object touching the pixel portion using light which is emitted by the first display element and incident on the first light-receiving element,

wherein the authentication portion is configured to perform second authentication processing using the second authentication information,

wherein the first display element is configured to emit light in a first direction, and

wherein the second display element is configured to emit light in a second direction opposite the first direction.

9 . The electronic device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the pixel portion comprises a first transistor and a second transistor,

wherein the first transistor is electrically connected to one of the second display element and the first light-receiving element,

wherein the second transistor is electrically connected to the other of the second display element and the first light-receiving element,

wherein the first transistor comprises a metal oxide in a channel formation region, and

wherein the second transistor comprises silicon in a channel formation region.

10 . The electronic device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the pixel portion comprises a touch sensor,

wherein the touch sensor is configured to sense a position of the second target object touching the pixel portion, and

wherein the pixel portion is configured to turn on the second display element at and in the vicinity of the position.

11 . The electronic device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the pixel portion comprises a first transistor,

wherein the first transistor is electrically connected to the first display element or the first light-receiving element, and

wherein the first transistor comprises silicon in a channel formation region.

12 . The electronic device according to claim 11 ,

wherein the pixel portion comprises a first transistor,

wherein the first transistor is electrically connected to the first display element or the first light-receiving element, and

wherein the first transistor comprises a metal oxide in a channel formation region.

13 . The electronic device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the pixel portion comprises a first transistor,

wherein the first transistor is electrically connected to the second display element or the first light-receiving element, and

wherein the first transistor comprises silicon in a channel formation region.

14 . The electronic device according to claim 11 ,

wherein the pixel portion comprises a first transistor and a second transistor,

wherein the first transistor is electrically connected to one of the first display element and the first light-receiving element,

wherein the second transistor is electrically connected to the other of the first display element and the first light-receiving element,

wherein the first transistor comprises a metal oxide in a channel formation region, and

wherein the second transistor comprises silicon in a channel formation region.

15 . The electronic device according to claim 11 ,

wherein the pixel portion comprises a touch sensor,

wherein the touch sensor is configured to sense a position of the second target object touching the pixel portion, and

wherein the pixel portion is configured to turn on the first display element at and in the vicinity of the position.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-110545 · Jun 26, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17923282
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