# US 11,079,611 B2 · Optical module for protecting human eyes

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- Number: US 11,079,611 B2
- Document ID: US11079611B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/293,671
- Filed: 2019-03-06
- Published: 2019-09-12
- Granted: 2021-08-03
- Earliest claimed: 2018-03-06
- Assignees: Edison Opto Corporation
- Applicants: Edison Opto Corporation
- Inventors: Tsung-Ching Chen
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11079611B2

## CPC

- G02C 7/02: Lenses; Lens systems {; Methods of designing lenses}
- G02B 27/0955: {Lenses (lenses per se G02B3/00)}
- H01S 5/02257: using windows, e.g. specially adapted for back-reflecting light to a detector inside the housing
- H04M 1/0202: {Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets (constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03)}
- H10F 39/806: {Optical elements or arrangements associated with the image sensors}
- H10H 20/855: Optical field-shaping means, e.g. lenses
- H10H 20/857: Interconnections, e.g. lead-frames, bond wires or solder balls
- G02B 7/02: for lenses {(supports for magnifying lenses G02B25/002)}
- G02B 2207/121: Antistatic or EM shielding layer
- H01S 5/02253: using lenses
- H01S 5/02345: Wire-bonding
- H01S 5/06825: {Protecting the laser, e.g. during switch-on/off, detection of malfunctioning or degradation}
- G02C: SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES (trial frames for testing the eyes A61B3/04; goggles or eyeshields not having the same features as spectacles A61F9/00)
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- H01S: DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)
- H10F: INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
- H10H: INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS

## Abstract

An optical module for protecting human eyes includes a first support element, first conductive paths, a lens, at least one second conductive path, and a light-emitting element. The first support element has a bottom plate and a sidewall on the bottom plate. The first conductive paths are in the first support element or outside the first support element. Each of the first conductive paths has a first end adjacent to a top surface of the sidewall and a second end adjacent to the bottom plate. The lens is located on the top surface of the sidewall. The second conductive path is electrically connected to the first ends of the first conductive paths. The light-emitting element is located on the bottom plate of the first support element. When a resistance difference is detected through the first and second conductive paths, the light-emitting element is switched off.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An optical module for protecting human eyes, comprising:
a first support element having a bottom plate and a sidewall on the bottom plate, wherein an accommodating space is surrounded by the sidewall;
a plurality of first conductive paths in the first support element, wherein each of the first conductive paths has a first end and a second end, the first end is adjacent to a top surface of the sidewall, and the second end is adjacent to the bottom plate;
a lens above the accommodating space and located on the top surface of the sidewall;
a metal bonding layer bonding between the top surface of the sidewall and the lens, and having a plurality of openings, wherein positions of the openings are respectively correspond to positions of the first ends of the first conductive paths, and the lens is located on the metal bonding layer;
at least one second conductive path on the lens and electrically connected to the first ends of the first conductive paths; and
a light-emitting element located on the bottom plate of the first support element, wherein when a resistance difference is detected through the first and second conductive paths, the light-emitting element is switched off.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The optical module of claim 1, wherein a plurality of the second conductive paths are located on the lens and surround the accommodating space, and two ends of each of the second conductive paths are respectively electrically connected to two of the first ends of the first conductive paths.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The optical module of claim 1, wherein the lens and the sidewall are quadrilaterals, and have four sides, and each of the number of the second conductive paths, the number of the openings, and the number of the first conductive paths is four, and the four second conductive paths are respectively located on the four sides of the lens, and the four first ends of the four first conductive paths are respectively located on four corners of the top surface of the sidewall.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The optical module of claim 1, further comprising:
an isolation layer between the second conductive path and metal bonding layer.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The optical module of claim 1 further comprising:
an isolation layer surrounding the first ends of the first conductive paths.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The optical module of claim 5, wherein the isolation layer is among the first ends of the first conductive paths, the metal bonding layer, the lens, and the top surface of the sidewall.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The optical module of claim 1, wherein the lens and the sidewall are quadrilaterals, and have four sides, and the number of the second conductive paths is two, and each of the number of the openings and the number of the first conductive paths is four, and one of the two second conductive paths is below and electrically isolated from the other second conductive path, and each of the two second conductive paths has a quadrilateral structure that surrounds the accommodating space, and the four first ends of the four first conductive paths are respectively located on four corners of the top surface of the sidewall.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The optical module of claim 7, further comprising:
two isolation layers, wherein one of the two isolation layers is between the two second conductive paths, and the underlying second conductive path is between the two isolation layers.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The optical module of claim 1, wherein the lens has a bottom surface and a gold plating layer, the gold plating layer is located on the bottom surface and in contact with the metal bonding layer, and the bottom surface and the gold plating layer face the first support element.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The optical module of claim 1, wherein a surface of the lens facing toward the first support element has an imprinting layer that has a plurality of microstructures.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The optical module of claim 1, further comprising:
an adhesive layer located between the lens and the top surface of the sidewall.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The optical module of claim 1, wherein the second conductive path is distributed over an entire bottom surface of the lens.