# US 10,480,964 B2 · Optical navigation device

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- Number: US 10,480,964 B2
- Document ID: US10480964B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/436,002
- Filed: 2019-06-10
- Published: 2019-09-26
- Granted: 2019-11-19
- Earliest claimed: 2015-12-23
- Assignees: Pixart Imaging Inc.
- Applicants: Pixart Imaging Inc.
- Inventors: Ching-Lin Chung
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10480964B2

## CPC

- G01D 5/30: the beams of light being detected by photocells
- G01D 5/26: characterised by optical transfer means, i.e. using infrared, visible, or ultraviolet light
- G01D: MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

An optical navigation device has a light-emitting unit, an optical navigation chip and a cover. The light-emitting unit provides a light to a surface of a displacement generating unit. The optical navigation chip has a sensing array, but excludes any optical lens for focusing a reflected light. The sensing array disposed opposite to the surface of the displacement generating unit receives the reflected light which the light provided by the light-emitting unit is reflected from the surface of the displacement generating unit. The cover has a first surface and a second surface, and an angle is formed between the cover and the optical navigation chip, to prevent another reflected light from the surface of the first surface of the cover from entering the sensing array. Particularly, the angle formed between the cover and the optical navigation chip is from 10 degrees to 15 degrees.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An optical navigation device, comprising:
a light-emitting unit, emitting a light to a surface of a displacement generating unit;
an optical navigation chip, comprising:
a sensing array, excluding any optical lens for focusing a reflected light, disposed opposite to the surface of the displacement generating unit, receiving a reflected light which the light is reflected from the surface of the displacement generating unit; and
a cover, having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein a geometric structure is formed by the cover, the optical navigation chip, and the light-emitting unit, wherein the inner surface of the cover is polygonal-curved and has at least two different slopes to direct another reflected light reflected by the inner surface of the cover away from entering the sensing array of the optical navigation chip.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The optical navigation device according to claim 1, wherein the light-emitting unit is a coherent light source for providing a coherent light.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The optical navigation device according to claim 2, wherein a divergence angle where the intensity of the coherent light is 50% of its center intensity is from 16 to 18 degrees.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The optical navigation device according to claim 1, wherein an angle formed between the cover and the optical navigation chip is from 10 to 15 degrees.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The optical navigation device according to claim 1, wherein an angle between the cover and the optical navigation chip is 12.5 degrees.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The optical navigation device according to claim 1, wherein a distance between the cover and the sensing array of the optical navigation chip is less than a distance between the cover and the light-emitting unit.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The optical navigation device according to claim 1, wherein a distance between the light-emitting unit and the sensing array of the optical navigation chip is adjustable.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The optical navigation device according to claim 1, wherein part of the inner surface of the cover is curved and has its curvature.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The optical navigation device according to claim 1, wherein the cover is made of a light transmitting material.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The optical navigation device according to claim 1, wherein the sensing array of the optical navigation chip is a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) sensing array.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The optical navigation device according to claim 1, wherein the cover is plate-shaped and a thickness of the cover is from 0.5 mm to 1 mm.