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US 12,641,897 B2Granted
Light detection device with pinhole body
AssigneeSony Group Corporation
InventorsHiroyuki Shigei, Toru Amano, Yasunori Kamada
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Abstract
A light detection device that includes a pinhole body provided with a through hole (H), and an optical sensor that is provided behind the pinhole body and receives light transmitted through the through hole (H), in which a first aperture (O1) of the through hole (H) arranged on a first surface being a light incident surface side of the pinhole body is smaller than a second aperture (O2) of the through hole (H) arranged on a second surface opposite to the first surface.
Claims14
A light detection device, comprising:
- a pinhole body with a through hole, wherein the through hole includes:
- a first hole that includes a first aperture;
- and
- a second hole that includes a second aperture, wherein an aperture area of the second hole increases in a depth direction of the second hole;
- and
- an optical sensor behind the pinhole body, wherein
- the optical sensor is configured to receive light through the through hole,
- the first aperture of the through hole is smaller than the second aperture of the through hole,
- the first aperture is in a first surface of the pinhole body,
- the first surface is on a light incident surface side of the pinhole body,
- the second aperture is in a second surface of the pinhole body,
- the second surface is opposite to the first surface.
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