# US 2020/0401782 A1 · Fingerprint identification apparatus and electronic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0401782 A1 - Document ID: US20200401782A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/009,368 - Filed: 2020-09-01 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Earliest claimed: 2018-12-13 - Assignees: Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Xiang CHENG; Jianxiang ZHANG; Wei ZHANG; Shunzhan LI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200401782A1 ## CPC - G02B 5/201: {in the form of arrays} - G06F 18/214: Generating training patterns; Bootstrap methods, e.g. bagging or boosting - G06F 18/217: {Validation; Performance evaluation; Active pattern learning techniques} - G06V 10/764: using classification, e.g. of video objects - G06V 10/82: using neural networks - G06V 40/1312: {direct reading, e.g. contactless acquisition} - G06V 40/1318: {using electro-optical elements or layers, e.g. electroluminescent sensing} - G06V 40/1365: {Matching; Classification} - G06V 40/1388: {using image processing} - G06V 40/1394: {using acquisition arrangements} - G06V 40/45: {Detection of the body part being alive} - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING ## Abstract Provided is a fingerprint identification apparatus which includes: a micro lens array; at least one light shielding layer; a pixel unit array; and an array of filter unit groups, where each filter unit group includes at least two filter units which transmit light signals in at least two colors respectively, where the pixel unit array includes a pixel unit group corresponding to the filter unit group, at least two pixel units in the pixel unit group receive a first light signal through the at least two filter units respectively, and a pixel unit except the at least two pixel units receives a second light signal through a transparent region between the at least two filter units, or a pixel unit between pixel unit groups receives the second light signal through a transparent region between the filter unit groups. The apparatus can improve the security of identification without affecting identification effect. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fingerprint identification apparatus, wherein the fingerprint identification apparatus is applied under a display screen to implement under-screen optical fingerprint identification, and the fingerprint identification apparatus comprises: a micro lens array disposed below the display screen; at least one light shielding layer disposed below the micro lens array, wherein each light shielding layer in the at least one light shielding layer is provided with an array of small holes; a pixel unit array disposed below an array of small holes of a bottom light shielding layer in the at least one light shielding layer, so that a light signal returned from a finger above the display screen is transmitted to the pixel unit array through the array of small holes provided in the at least one light shielding layer after being converged by the micro lens array; and an array of filter unit groups, wherein each filter unit group in the array of filter unit groups comprises at least two filter units, and the at least two filter units are configured to transmit light signals in at least two colors respectively, wherein the pixel unit array comprises a pixel unit group corresponding to the filter unit group, at least two pixel units in the pixel unit group receive a first light signal through the at least two filter units respectively, the first light signal is used to detect whether the finger is a real finger, and a pixel unit except the at least two pixel units in the pixel unit group receives a second light signal through a transparent region between the at least two filter units, or a pixel unit between pixel unit groups receives the second light signal through a transparent region between the filter unit groups, and the second light signal is used to identify fingerprint information of the finger. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fingerprint identification apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each filter unit in the filter unit group corresponds to a plurality of adjacent pixel units in the pixel unit group. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The fingerprint identification apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the pixel unit group is a rectangular array of 20×20 pixel units, and the filter unit group is a rectangular array of 4×4 filter units, each filter unit in the rectangular array of 4×4 filter units corresponds to a rectangular array of 2×2 pixel units in the rectangular array of 20×20 pixel units, and two adjacent filter units in the rectangular array of 4×4 filter units are spaced by 4 pixel units. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The fingerprint identification apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first light signal received by the plurality of adjacent pixel units is used to synthesize a pixel value. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The fingerprint identification apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each filter unit in the filter unit group corresponds to one pixel unit in the pixel unit group. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The fingerprint identification apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the pixel unit group is a rectangular array of 20×20 pixel units, the filter unit group is a rectangular array of 4×4 filter units, and two adjacent filter units in the rectangular array of 4×4 filter units are spaced by 5 pixel units. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The fingerprint identification apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the pixel unit group is a rectangular array of 2×2 pixel units, and the filter unit group is a rectangular array of 2×2 filter units. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The fingerprint identification apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a ratio of pixel units corresponding to the array of filter unit groups to all pixel units in the pixel unit array is greater than or equal to a first preset value, and the ratio of pixel units corresponding to the array of filter unit groups to all pixel units in the pixel unit array is less than or equal to a second preset value. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The fingerprint identification apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the first preset value is 1%, and/or the second preset value is 2%. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The fingerprint identification apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a number of pixel units spaced by two adjacent filter unit groups in the array of filter unit groups is greater than or equal to a third preset value, and the number of pixel units spaced by two adjacent filter unit groups in the array of filter unit groups is less than or equal to a fourth preset value. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The fingerprint identification apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the third preset value is 2, and/or the fourth preset value is 6. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The fingerprint identification apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the array of filter unit groups is a rectangular array of 9×6 filter unit groups, or the array of filter unit groups is a rectangular array of 6×6 filter unit groups, or the array of filter unit groups is a rectangular array of 7×7 filter unit groups, or the array of filter unit groups is a rectangular array of 6×4 filter unit groups. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The fingerprint identification apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the array of filter unit groups is disposed above the micro lens array, or the array of filter unit groups is disposed between the micro lens array and the pixel unit array. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The fingerprint identification apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the fingerprint identification apparatus further comprises: an infrared filter layer, wherein the infrared filter layer is disposed above the micro lens array, or the infrared filter layer is disposed between the micro lens array and the pixel unit array, and the infrared filter layer is configured to filter out an infrared light signal. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The fingerprint identification apparatus according to claim 14, wherein a number of filter units for transmitting a red light signal in the at least two filter units is greater than a number of filter units for transmitting a light signal in another color in the at least two filter units. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The fingerprint identification apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one light shielding layer is a plurality of light shielding layers, and a hole in an array of small holes of a top light shielding layer in the plurality of light shielding layers corresponds to one or more pixel units in the pixel unit array. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The fingerprint identification apparatus according to claim 16, wherein apertures of holes in the plurality of light shielding layers corresponding to the same pixel unit decrease in order from top to bottom. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The fingerprint identification apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a metal wiring layer of the pixel unit array is disposed at a position of a back focal plane of the micro lens array, and the metal wiring layer is provided with a hole formed above each pixel unit in the pixel unit array to form the bottom light shielding layer. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The fingerprint identification apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the fingerprint identification apparatus further comprises: a transparent medium layer, wherein the transparent medium layer is configured to connect the micro lens array, the at least one light shielding layer and the pixel unit array. ### Claim 20 An electronic device, comprising: a display screen; and a fingerprint identification apparatus which is disposed under the display screen to implement under-screen optical fingerprint detection, wherein the fingerprint identification apparatus comprises: a micro lens array disposed below the display screen; at least one light shielding layer disposed below the micro lens array, wherein each light shielding layer in the at least one light shielding layer is provided with an array of small holes; a pixel unit array disposed below an array of small holes of a bottom light shielding layer in the at least one light shielding layer, so that a light signal returned from a finger above the display screen is transmitted to the pixel unit array through the array of small holes provided in the at least one light shielding layer after being converged by the micro lens array; and an array of filter unit groups, wherein each filter unit group in the array of filter unit groups comprises at least two filter units, and the at least two filter units are configured to transmit light signals in at least two colors respectively, wherein the pixel unit array comprises a pixel unit group corresponding to the filter unit group, at least two pixel units in the pixel unit group receive a first light signal through the at least two filter units respectively, the first light signal is used to detect whether the finger is a real finger, and a pixel unit except the at least two pixel units in the pixel unit group receives a second light signal through a transparent region between the at least two filter units, or a pixel unit between pixel unit groups receives the second light signal through a transparent region between the filter unit groups, and the second light signal is used to identify fingerprint information of the finger.