Enhanced under-display fingerprint sensing using angle-focused narrow field-of-view filters

    公开(公告)号:US11176346B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-16

    申请号:US15931492

    申请日:2020-05-13

    Applicant: Apple inc.

    Abstract: An apparatus for fingerprint sensing includes a light-emitting layer, an optical layer, a filter layer and a pixelated image sensor. The light-emitting layer is covered by a transparent layer, and can illuminate a surface touching the transparent layer and allows transmission of reflected light from the surface to the optical layer. The optical layer includes a plurality of optical elements. The filter layer includes a number of apertures and spatially processes the reflected light. The pixelated image sensor can sense the spatially processed light. At least one of the optical layer or the filter layer enables an angle-focused FOV filtering of the reflected light.

    Wearable Electronic Device Having a Light Field Camera

    公开(公告)号:US20210004444A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-07

    申请号:US17024574

    申请日:2020-09-17

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A method of authenticating a user of a wearable electronic device includes emitting light into a dorsal side of a forearm near a wrist of the user; receiving, using a light field camera, remissions of the light from the dorsal side of the forearm near the wrist of the user; generating a light field image from the remissions of the light; performing a synthetic focusing operation on the light field image to construct at least one image of at least one layer of the forearm near the wrist; extracting a set of features from the at least one image; determining whether the set of features matches a reference set of features; and authenticating the user based on the matching. In some embodiments, the method may further include compensating for a tilt of the light field camera prior to or while performing the synthetic focusing operation.

    Electronic Device Display for Through-Display Imaging

    公开(公告)号:US20190310724A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-10

    申请号:US15949681

    申请日:2018-04-10

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Systems and methods for through-display imaging. A display includes an imaging aperture defined through an opaque backing. An optical imaging array is aligned with the aperture. Above the aperture, the display is arranged and/or configured for increased optical transmittance. For example, a region of the display above, or adjacent to, the imaging aperture can be formed with a lower pixel density than other regions of the display, thereby increasing inter-pixel distance (e.g., pitch) and increasing an area through which light can traverse the display to reach the optical imaging array.

    Finger biometric sensing device including series coupled error compensation and drive signal nulling circuitry and related methods

    公开(公告)号:US09852322B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-26

    申请号:US14662664

    申请日:2015-03-19

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G06K9/00033 G06K9/0002 H03G3/3084

    Abstract: A finger biometric sensing device may include drive circuitry for generating a drive signal and an array of finger biometric sensing pixel electrodes cooperating with the drive circuitry and generating a detected signal based upon placement of a finger adjacent the array. The detected signal may include a drive signal component and a sense signal component superimposed thereon. A gain stage may be coupled to the array and drive signal nulling circuitry may be coupled to the gain stage for reducing the drive signal component from the detected signal. The drive signal nulling circuitry may include a first digital-to-analog converter (DAC) generating an inverted scaled replica of the drive signal for the gain stage. Error compensation circuitry includes a memory storing error compensation data and a second DAC coupled in series with the first DAC compensating an error in the inverted scaled replica based upon the error compensation data.

    Controllable signal processing in a biometric device

    公开(公告)号:US09727770B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-08

    申请号:US13948097

    申请日:2013-07-22

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G06K9/0002 G06K9/00067

    Abstract: A processing channel is operatively connected to a biometric device. The processing channel includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) connected to at least one of an amplifier and an offset circuit. Biometric signals representing captured biometric data, such as a fingerprint image, are controllably fitted into an input range of the ADC. The ADC input range can include one or more removed ranges and one or more adjustable allowed input ranges. One or more channel parameters are adjusted until a desired number of biometric signals are included in the one or more removed ranges.

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