Optical sensing module comprising a light guide element not required to be aligned with the aperture of an electronic device
AssigneeSensortek Technology Corp.
InventorFeng-Jung Hsu
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Abstract
An optical sensing module for an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an opaque layer and an aperture formed on the opaque layer, wherein the optical sensing module includes an optical sensor; a light guide element, disposed between the opaque layer and the optical sensor and configured to guide light to the optical sensor through the aperture; and a diffusing layer, disposed between the opaque layer and the light guide element, configured to diffuse the light to the light guide element.
Claims10
An optical sensing module for an electronic device, the electronic device comprising an opaque layer and an aperture formed on the opaque layer, wherein the optical sensing module comprises:
- an optical sensor;
- a light guide element, disposed between the opaque layer and the optical sensor and configured to guide light to the optical sensor through the aperture;
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- a diffusing layer, disposed between the opaque layer and the light guide element, configured to diffuse the light to the light guide element;
- wherein a region of the aperture is defined according to a region of the opaque layer;
- wherein the light guide element is not required to be aligned with the aperture or the optical sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.