公开(公告)号：US10393851B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-27

申请号：US15811473

申请日：2017-11-13

申请人： ams AG

发明人： David Mehrl ,  Kerry Glover

IPC分类号： G01S3/786 ,  F24S50/20 ,  G01J1/04 ,  G01J1/02 ,  G01J1/10 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G01S3/782 ,  G01S3/781 ,  G01S5/16

摘要： A sensor arrangement comprises at least a first, a second, and a third light sensor. A three-dimensional framework comprises at least a first, a second, and a third connection means which are connected to the at least first, second, and third light sensor, respectively. The first, the second, and the third connection means are configured to align the at least first, second, and third light sensor along a first, second, and third face of a polyhedron-like volume, respectively, such that the sensor arrangement encloses the polyhedron-like volume. The invention also relates to a method for operating the sensor arrangement.

公开(公告)号：US20130176564A1

公开(公告)日：2013-07-11

申请号：US13737850

申请日：2013-01-09

申请人： ams AG

发明人： Yu Wang ,  David Mehrl ,  Greg Stoltz ,  Kerry Glover

IPC分类号： G01J3/28 ,  G02B27/42

CPC分类号： G01J3/28 ,  G01J3/02 ,  G01J3/0259 ,  G01J3/14 ,  G02B3/12 ,  G02B5/06 ,  G02B27/1006 ,  G02B27/42

摘要： A dispersive element is disclosed which is designed to receive incident light (1) and disperse the incident light (1) into multiple spatially separated wavelengths of light. The dispersive body (DB) comprises a collimation cavity (COLL) to collimate the incident light (1), at least two optical interfaces (PRIS) to receive and disperse the collimated light (2) and a collection cavity (CLCT) to collect the dispersed light (3) from the at least two dispersive interfaces (op1, op2) and to focus the collected light (4).

摘要翻译： 公开了一种分散元件，其被设计为接收入射光（1）并将入射光（1）分散成多个空间上分离的光的波长。 分散体（DB）包括准直腔（COLL）以准直入射光（1），至少两个光学接口（PRIS），以接收和分散准直光（2）和收集腔（CLCT），以收集 从所述至少两个分散界面（op1，op2）分散光（3）并聚焦所收集的光（4）。

公开(公告)号：US08873047B2

公开(公告)日：2014-10-28

申请号：US13737850

申请日：2013-01-09

申请人： ams AG

发明人： Yu Wang ,  David Mehrl ,  Greg Stoltz ,  Kerry Glover

IPC分类号： G01J3/28 ,  G02B27/42 ,  G02B27/10 ,  G02B5/06 ,  G01J3/14 ,  G01J3/02 ,  G02B3/12

CPC分类号： G01J3/28 ,  G01J3/02 ,  G01J3/0259 ,  G01J3/14 ,  G02B3/12 ,  G02B5/06 ,  G02B27/1006 ,  G02B27/42

摘要： A dispersive element is disclosed which is designed to receive incident light (1) and disperse the incident light (1) into multiple spatially separated wavelengths of light. The dispersive body (DB) comprises a collimation cavity (COLL) to collimate the incident light (1), at least two optical interfaces (PRIS) to receive and disperse the collimated light (2) and a collection cavity (CLCT) to collect the dispersed light (3) from the at least two dispersive interfaces (op1, op2) and to focus the collected light (4).

摘要翻译： 公开了一种分散元件，其被设计为接收入射光（1）并将入射光（1）分散成多个空间上分离的光的波长。 分散体（DB）包括准直腔（COLL）以准直入射光（1），至少两个光学接口（PRIS），以接收和分散准直光（2）和收集腔（CLCT），以收集 从所述至少两个分散界面（op1，op2）分散光（3）并聚焦所收集的光（4）。

公开(公告)号：US10393577B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-27

申请号：US14423101

申请日：2013-08-21

申请人： ams AG

发明人： Kerry Glover ,  David Mehrl ,  Dan Jacobs

IPC分类号： G01J1/42 ,  H01L27/146 ,  G01J5/60 ,  G01J1/02 ,  G01J1/44

摘要： Color light sensors are used to sense colored light and a full spectrum light in order to generate at least three color channel signals and a clear channel signal. An infrared component IR is calculated by summing up the color channel signals with individual weighting factors and subtracting a weighted clear channel signal.

公开(公告)号：US09733343B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-15

申请号：US14647423

申请日：2013-11-06

申请人： ams AG

发明人： David Mehrl

IPC分类号： H03K17/945 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S17/32 ,  G01V8/12 ,  H03K17/94 ,  G01S17/02

CPC分类号： G01S7/4814 ,  G01S7/4813 ,  G01S17/026 ,  G01S17/32 ,  G01V8/12 ,  H03K17/941 ,  H03K2217/94108

摘要： A proximity sensor arrangement comprises an optical barrier being placed between a light emitting device and a photo-detector. The light emitting device, the photo-detector and the optical barrier are covered by a cover. The optical barrier is being designed to block light emitted from the light emitting device to the photo-detector and reflected by the cover by means of specular reflection. Furthermore, the optical barrier is being designed to pass the light emitted from the light emitting device to the photo-detector via the cover and scattered on or above a first surface of the cover facing away from the light emitting device and the photo-detector.

公开(公告)号：US20150219492A1

公开(公告)日：2015-08-06

申请号：US14423101

申请日：2013-08-21

申请人： ams AG

发明人： Kerry Glover ,  David Mehrl ,  Dan Jacobs

IPC分类号： G01J1/44 ,  G01J5/60 ,  G01J1/02

CPC分类号： G01J1/44 ,  G01J1/0238 ,  G01J1/0492 ,  G01J1/4228 ,  G01J3/505 ,  G01J3/513 ,  G01J5/60 ,  G01J2001/4247 ,  G01J2001/446 ,  H01L27/14645

摘要： Color light sensors are used to sense colored light and a full spectrum light in order to generate at least three color channel signals and a clear channel signal. An infrared component IR is calculated by summing up the color channel signals with individual weighting factors and subtracting a weighted clear channel signal.

摘要翻译： 彩色光传感器用于检测彩色光和全光谱光，以便产生至少三个颜色通道信号和清晰的通道信号。 通过将颜色通道信号与各个加权因子相加并减去加权的清除通道信号来计算红外分量IR。

公开(公告)号：US10859433B2

公开(公告)日：2020-12-08

申请号：US15767971

申请日：2016-10-13

申请人： ams AG

发明人： David Mehrl

IPC分类号： G01J1/08 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G09G3/34

摘要： An assembly line in-situ calibration arrangement, optical sensor arrangement and a method for calibration of an optical sensor arrangement are presented. A calibration arrangement comprises a calibration head comprising at least one calibrated light source located behind an aperture in a housing and being electrically connected to a power terminal. A power source is connected to the power terminal, the power source comprising a switching unit electrically connected to the at least one light source. An interface unit is connected to the switching unit by means of an interface connection, wherein the interface unit is arranged to control the switching unit. A control unit is connected to the interface unit, wherein the control unit is arranged to drive the interface unit such that the at least one light source is switched to emit a calibration pulse sequence to be received by the optical sensor arrangement to be placed with respect of the aperture. The calibration pulse sequence is arranged to initiate a calibration mode of operation of the optical sensor arrangement.

公开(公告)号：US10677898B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-09

申请号：US15507241

申请日：2015-08-24

申请人： ams AG

发明人： Josef Kriebernegg ,  Christian Mautner ,  David Mehrl ,  Kerry Glover

IPC分类号： G01S7/484 ,  G01S7/486 ,  G01S17/02 ,  G01S17/10 ,  G01S7/4865 ,  G01S7/4861 ,  G01S17/04

摘要： An optical driver arrangement (10) comprises a comparator (11) and a pulse generator (15). The comparator (11) comprises a first input (12) for receiving a sensed output signal (S1) derived from a sensor signal (S2) generated by a light sensor (24), a second input (13) for receiving a reference signal (S3) and a comparator output (14) for providing a comparator signal (S4). The pulse generator (15) comprises a control input (16) coupled to the comparator output (14) and a generator output (22) for providing a driver signal (S5) to a light source (21). The driver signal (S4) comprises a series of at least one pulse and a parameter of the driver signal (S4) is controlled by the comparator signal (S4).

公开(公告)号：US10423849B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-24

申请号：US15586192

申请日：2017-05-03

申请人： ams AG

发明人： David Mehrl ,  George Kelly

IPC分类号： G06K9/20 ,  G02B5/20 ,  G02B5/28 ,  G02B13/14 ,  H04N5/33 ,  G01J3/51 ,  G01J1/04 ,  G01J3/02 ,  H01L27/144 ,  H01L27/146 ,  G01J3/12

摘要： The arrangement comprises a filter region (10) filtering electromagnetic radiation and a shielding component (20) inhibiting propagation of electromagnetic radiation. The filter region comprises a central filter region (11) and a separate peripheral filter region (13). The shielding component comprises an aperture (21). The aperture is arranged above the central filter region. The central filter region and the peripheral filter region are optimized for different angles of incidence (α, β) and provided for measurements by individual sensor regions (18, 19).

公开(公告)号：US10190905B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-29

申请号：US15119113

申请日：2015-02-13

申请人： ams AG

发明人： Yu Wang ,  David Mehrl ,  Greg Stoltz ,  Kerry Glover ,  Tom Dunn

IPC分类号： G01J1/02 ,  G01S17/02 ,  H03K17/94 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01V8/12 ,  H01L31/173

摘要： An optical sensor arrangement comprises an optical barrier which is placed between a light-emitting device and a photodetector. Herein the light-emitting device and the photodetector are arranged on a first plane and are covered by a cover. The photodetector exhibits an active zone. The optical barrier exhibits an extent along a first principal axis, which is pointing parallel to the line connecting the centers of the light-emitting device and the photodetector. Herein the extent is greater than a dimension of the active zone. The optical barrier is designed to block light emitted by the light-emitting device that otherwise would be reflected by the cover by means of specular reflection and would reach the photodetector. The optical barrier is designed to pass light emitted by the light-emitting device and scattered on or above an outer surface of the cover.