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- Patent Title: Electronic device including pin hole array mask above optical image sensor and laterally adjacent light source and related methods
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Application No.: US16098016Application Date: 2016-05-23
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Publication No.: US10885299B2Publication Date: 2021-01-05
- Inventor: Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost , Giovanni Gozzini
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt + Gilchrist, P.A.
- International Application: PCT/US2016/033731 WO 20160523
- International Announcement: WO2017/204777 WO 20171130
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00

Abstract:
An electronic device may include an optical image sensor and a pin hole array mask layer above the optical image sensor. The electronic device may also include a display layer above the pin hole array mask layer that includes spaced apart display pixels, and at least one light source laterally adjacent the optical image sensor and capable of directing light into a user's finger when adjacent the optical image sensor.
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