# US 2020/0401269 A1 · Display-integrated optical sensor with focused and folded light path > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0401269 A1 - Document ID: US20200401269A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/450,211 - Filed: 2019-06-24 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Earliest claimed: 2019-06-24 - Assignees: Synaptics Incorporated - Applicants: Synaptics Incorporated - Inventors: Joseph Kurth Reynolds - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200401269A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/0421: {by interrupting or reflecting a light beam, e.g. optical touch-screen} - G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display} - G06V 40/1318: {using electro-optical elements or layers, e.g. electroluminescent sensing} - G06V 40/1359: {Extracting features related to ridge properties; Determining the fingerprint type, e.g. whorl or loop} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING ## Abstract A method for optically imaging an object using a display device includes: illuminating, by the display device, an object at a sensing region corresponding to an optical sensor of the display device; conditioning, by the display device, light from the sensing region, wherein conditioning the light includes focusing and reflecting the light; receiving, by the display device, the conditioned light at photodetectors of the optical sensor; and generating, by a processing system associated with the display device, an image of the object based on the conditioned light received at the photodetectors of the optical sensor. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An optical sensor device, comprising: a substrate; a plurality of first reflectors disposed on the substrate; and an optical sensor comprising a plurality of photodetectors disposed on the substrate, wherein each respective photodetector of the plurality of photodetectors corresponds to a respective reflector of the plurality of first reflectors; wherein each respective reflector of the plurality of first reflectors is configured to reflect light from a sensing region corresponding to the optical sensor towards a respective photodetector or a respective array of photodetectors of the plurality of photodetectors. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The optical sensor device according to claim 1, wherein a respective reflector of the plurality of first reflectors comprises a patterned phase mirror, a curved mirror, a bent mirror, or a multi-domain mirror. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The optical sensor device according to claim 1, further comprising: a first aperture layer disposed on a first side of the transparent substrate. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The optical sensor device according to claim 3, further comprising: a second aperture layer disposed on a second side of the transparent substrate. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The optical sensor device according to claim 1, further comprising: a first filter layer disposed on a first side of the transparent substrate. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The optical sensor device according to claim 5, wherein the first filter layer comprises an infrared filter, a red light filter, a reflected light filter, or an ambient light filter. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The optical sensor device according to claim 5, further comprising: a second filter layer disposed on a second side of the transparent substrate. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The optical sensor device according to claim 7, wherein the first filter layer comprises an infrared filter, a red light filter, a reflected light filter, or an ambient light filter; and wherein the second filter layer comprises an infrared filter, a red light filter, a reflected light filter, or an ambient light filter. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The optical sensor device according to claim 8, wherein the second filter layer comprises a different type of filter relative to the first filter layer. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The optical sensor device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of first reflectors is disposed on a first side of the substrate; and wherein the optical sensor device further comprises: a plurality of second reflectors disposed on a second side of the substrate. ### Claim 11 An optical sensor device, comprising: a substrate; a first reflector disposed on the substrate, wherein the first reflector comprises a plurality of domains; and an optical sensor comprising a plurality of photodetectors disposed on the substrate; wherein each respective domain of the plurality of domains has a respective focal region corresponding to a respective photodetector of the plurality of photodetectors such that each respective domain of the plurality of domains is configured to reflect light from a sensing region corresponding to the optical sensor towards a different respective photodetector of the plurality of photodetectors. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The optical sensor device according to claim 11, wherein the optical sensor device further comprises: a phase lens configured to focus light reflected from the sensing region which is received at the phase lens. ### Claim 13 A display device, comprising: a display; and an optical sensor device configured to image an object, wherein the optical sensor device comprises: a substrate; a plurality of first reflectors disposed on the substrate; and an optical sensor comprising a plurality of photodetectors disposed on the substrate, wherein each respective photodetector of the plurality of photodetectors corresponds to a respective reflector of the plurality of first reflectors; wherein each respective reflector of the plurality of first reflectors is configured to reflect light from a sensing region corresponding to the optical sensor towards a respective photodetector or a respective array of photodetectors of the plurality of photo detectors. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The display device according to claim 13, wherein the optical sensor device is disposed under the display. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The display device according to claim 13, wherein the optical sensor device is disposed adjacent to the display in a side-by-side configuration. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The display device according to claim 13, wherein the display is configured to illuminate the object. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The display device according to claim 13, wherein the display device further comprises: an external light source separate from the display, wherein the external light source is configured to illuminate the object. ### Claim 18 A method for optically imaging an object using a display device, the method comprising: illuminating, by the display device, an object at a sensing region corresponding to an optical sensor of the display device; conditioning, by the display device, light from the sensing region, wherein conditioning the light includes focusing and reflecting the light via a plurality of first reflectors, wherein each respective reflector of the plurality of first reflectors is configured to reflect light from the sensing region towards a respective photodetector or a respective array of photodetectors of a plurality of photodetectors of the optical sensor; receiving, by the display device, the conditioned light at the plurality of photodetectors of the optical sensor, wherein each respective photodetector of the plurality of photodetectors corresponds to a respective reflector of the plurality of first reflectors; and generating, by a processing system associated with the display device, an image of the object based on the conditioned light received at the plurality of photodetectors of the optical sensor. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method according to claim 18, wherein conditioning the light from the sensing region further includes collimating the light using two or more aperture layers. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method according to claim 18, wherein a light path of light from the sensing region which reaches the optical sensor comprises two or more folds. ### Claim 21 (depends on 11) The optical sensor device according to claim 11, further comprising: an aperture layer disposed on the substrate between the first reflector and the substrate, wherein the aperture layer comprises opaque material disposed between adjacent domains of the plurality of domains of the first reflector.