# US 11,908,229 B2 · Biometric authentication device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,908,229 B2 - Document ID: US11908229B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/646,754 - Filed: 2022-01-03 - Published: 2022-07-07 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-01-07 - Assignees: Japan Display Inc. - Applicants: Japan Display Inc. - Inventors: Kazuhide Mochizuki; Takashi Nakamura; Atsunori Oyama - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11908229B2 ## CPC - G06V 40/1318: {using electro-optical elements or layers, e.g. electroluminescent sensing} - G06F 3/04164: {Connections between sensors and controllers, e.g. routing lines between electrodes and connection pads} - G06V 40/1365: {Matching; Classification} - G06V 40/145: Sensors therefor - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract According to one embodiment, a biometric authentication device includes a sensor and an illumination device. The sensor includes a first base material, a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a first control unit. The illumination device includes a second base material, a plurality of light emitting elements and a second control unit. Upon lighting the light emitting element at a predetermined position in the groups of the light emitting elements by the second control unit, the first control unit controls the operation of the photoelectric conversion elements so as to acquire a signal from the photoelectric conversion elements at predetermined positions of the groups of the photoelectric conversion elements. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A biometric authentication device comprising: a sensor including a first base material, a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements that are arranged in a matrix on the first base material and that output a signal according to an amount of received light, and a first control unit that controls an operation of the photoelectric conversion elements; and an illumination device including a second base material, a plurality of light emitting elements that are arranged in a matrix on the second base material and that apply light received by the photoelectric conversion elements, and a second control unit that controls an operation of the light emitting elements, wherein the photoelectric conversion elements and the light emitting elements are divided into a plurality of groups corresponding to each other, upon lighting the light emitting element at a predetermined position in the groups of the light emitting elements by the second control unit, the first control unit controls the operation of the photoelectric conversion elements so as to acquire a signal from the photoelectric conversion elements at predetermined positions of the groups of the photoelectric conversion elements, the positions corresponding to the lit light emitting element, the sensor further includes: a plurality of first gate lines elongating along a first direction, the first gate lines being arranged with a spacing in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, a plurality of first signal lines elongating along the second direction, the first signal lines being arranged with a spacing in the first direction, a first gate line drive circuit connected to the first gate lines, and a first signal line select circuit connected to the first signal lines; the illumination device further includes: a plurality of second gate lines elongating along the first direction, the second gate lines being arranged with a spacing in the second direction, a plurality of second signal lines elongating along the second direction, the second signal lines being arranged with a spacing in the first direction, a second gate line drive circuit connected to the second gate lines, and a second signal line select circuit connected to the second signal lines; the photoelectric conversion elements are provided in a region surrounded by the first gate line and the first signal line, the light emitting elements are provided in a region surrounded by the second gate line and the second signal line, the first control unit controls the operation of the photoelectric conversion elements by controlling the operation of the first gate line drive circuit and the first signal line select circuit, and the second control unit controls the operation of the light emitting elements by controlling the operation of the second gate line drive circuit and the second signal line select circuit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The biometric authentication device of claim 1, wherein the lit light emitting element overlaps the photoelectric conversion element at a position corresponding to the lit light emitting element in planar view. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The biometric authentication device of claim 1, wherein the second control unit controls the operation of the light emitting elements so as to sequentially light so that the light emitting elements included in the groups of the light emitting elements as the light emitting elements at the predetermined positions. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The biometric authentication device of claim 1, wherein a number of a plurality of light emitting elements included in the groups of the light emitting elements is equal to a number of a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements included in the group of the photoelectric conversion elements, and one light emitting element is disposed so as to overlap one photoelectric conversion element in planar view. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The biometric authentication device of claim 1, wherein a number of a plurality of light emitting elements included in the groups of the light emitting elements is different from a number of a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements included in the group of the photoelectric conversion elements, and a plurality of light emitting elements is disposed so as to overlap one photoelectric conversion element in planar view. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The biometric authentication device of claim 1, wherein the first control unit creates a first image showing an authentication target based on signals acquired from the photoelectric conversion elements. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The biometric authentication device of claim 6, wherein the first control unit creates a second image in which the first image is binarized based on the created first image, and creates a third image in which a center line of a black portion of the second image alone is drawn based on the created second image, and the second control unit controls the operation of the light emitting elements so as to light light emitting elements disposed at positions overlapping the center line drawn in the third image created by the first control unit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The biometric authentication device of claim 1, wherein the photoelectric conversion element is a photodiode, and the light emitting element is a micro LED. ### Claim 9 A biometric authentication device comprising: a sensor including a first base material, a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements that are arranged in a matrix on the first base material and that output a signal according to an amount of received light, and a first control unit that controls an operation of the photoelectric conversion elements; and an illumination device including a second base material, a plurality of light emitting elements that are arranged in a matrix on the second base material and that apply light received by the photoelectric conversion elements, and a second control unit that controls an operation of the light emitting elements, wherein the photoelectric conversion elements and the light emitting elements are divided into a plurality of groups corresponding to each other, upon lighting the light emitting element at a predetermined position in the groups of the light emitting elements by the second control unit, the first control unit controls the operation of the photoelectric conversion elements so as to acquire a signal from the photoelectric conversion elements at predetermined positions of the groups of the photoelectric conversion elements, the positions corresponding to the lit light emitting element, the first control unit creates a first image showing an authentication target based on signals acquired from the photoelectric conversion elements, the first control unit creates a second image in which the first image is binarized based on the created first image, and creates a third image in which a center line of a black portion of the second image alone is drawn based on the created second image, and the second control unit controls the operation of the light emitting elements so as to light light emitting elements disposed at positions overlapping the center line drawn in the third image created by the first control unit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The biometric authentication device of claim 9, wherein the lit light emitting element overlaps the photoelectric conversion element at a position corresponding to the lit light emitting element in planar view. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The biometric authentication device of claim 9, wherein the second control unit controls the operation of the light emitting elements so as to sequentially light so that the light emitting elements included in the groups of the light emitting elements as the light emitting elements at the predetermined positions. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The biometric authentication device of claim 9, wherein a number of a plurality of light emitting elements included in the groups of the light emitting elements is equal to a number of a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements included in the group of the photoelectric conversion elements, and one light emitting element is disposed so as to overlap one photoelectric conversion element in planar view. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The biometric authentication device of claim 9, wherein a number of a plurality of light emitting elements included in the groups of the light emitting elements is different from a number of a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements included in the group of the photoelectric conversion elements, and a plurality of light emitting elements is disposed so as to overlap one photoelectric conversion element in planar view. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The biometric authentication device of claim 9, wherein the photoelectric conversion element is a photodiode, and the light emitting element is a micro LED.