Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Handheld electronic device
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Application No.: US17471693Application Date: 2021-09-10
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Publication No.: US11783629B2Publication Date: 2023-10-10
- Inventor: Christopher S. Tomasetta , Jason B. Neevel , Sara E. Salmon , Richard H. Koch , Jonathan M. Lee , Nicholas Merz , Daniel Jarvis , Jared P. Ostdiek , Michael B. Wittenberg , Rasamy Phouthavong , David A. Pakula , Ian A. Spraggs , Marwan Rammah
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Main IPC: G06V40/16
- IPC: G06V40/16 ; G06T7/521 ; G06V10/145 ; H04M1/02

Abstract:
A portable electronic device may include a housing, a display at least partially within the housing, a front cover coupled to the housing and positioned over the display, and a biometric sensor module configured to illuminate an object and capture an image of the object through the front cover. The biometric sensor module may include a first lens positioned below the front cover, a first light source positioned below the first lens and configured to project, through the first lens, a dot pattern on the object, a second light source positioned below the first lens and configured to illuminate, through the first lens, the object with a flood of light, a second lens positioned below the front cover, and a light sensor positioned below the second lens and configured to capture an image of the object.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220284214A1 HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE Public/Granted day:2022-09-08
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