Biometric identification module

• US 10,489,631 B2
• Filed: 04/23/2018
• Issued: 11/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gingy Technology Inc.
• Original Assignee: Gingy Technology Inc.
• Inventors: Lin, Patrick, Wu, Jen-Chieh
• Primary Examiner(s): Allison, Andrae S
• Application Number:
  US15/960,518
• Publication Number:
  US 20180268194A1
• Time in Patent Office: 582 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0026 Wavelength selective element, sheet or layer, e.g. filter or grating
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/147 Details of sensors, e.g. sensor lenses fingerprint or palmprint sensors G06V40/13; vascular sensors G06V40/145; eye sensors G06V40/19
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/1318 using electro-optical elements or layers, e.g. electroluminescent sensing
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/1324 by using geometrical optics, e.g. using prisms G06V40/1312 takes precedence

Abstract

A biometric identification module including a light source, a cover plate, a display device, an image-capture device, and a first optical film layer is provided. The display device is disposed between the cover plate and the image-capture device. A first optical film layer is disposed on a first region of the cover plate and located between the first region and the light source, wherein the light beam emitted by the light source passes through the first optical film layer to be sequentially transmitted in the first region and a second region of the cover plate, and a finger disposed on the second region of the cover plate reflects the light beam from the second region of the cover plate. The light beam reflected by the finger sequentially passes through the second region of the cover plate and the display device to be received by the image-capture device.

Claims

1. A biometric identification module configured to obtain a fingerprint image of a finger, the biometric identification module comprising:

a light source configured to emit a light beam;

a cover plate having a first region and a second region outside the first region, wherein the light source is located adjacent to the first region of the cover plate;

a display device;

an image-capture device, wherein the display device is located between the cover plate and the image-capture device; and

a first optical film layer disposed on the first region of the cover plate and located between the first region of the cover plate and the light source, wherein the light beam emitted by the light source passes through the first optical film layer to be sequentially transmitted in the first region and the second region of the cover plate, a finger disposed on the second region of the cover plate reflects the light beam from the second region of the cover plate, and the light beam reflected by the finger sequentially passes through the second region of the cover plate and the display device to be received by the image-capture device.

2. The biometric identification module of claim 1, wherein the cover plate has a first surface to be pressed by a finger and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the first optical film layer is disposed on the second surface of the first region of the cover plate.

3. The biometric identification module of claim 1, further comprising:

a second optical film layer overlapped with the second region of the cover plate and located between the display device and the image-capture device.

4. The biometric identification module of claim 3, wherein a first angle is between the light beam reflected by the finger and passing through the display device that does not enter the second optical film layer and a normal of a light-receiving surface of the image-capture device, a second angle is between the light beam reflected by the finger and passing through the display device and the second optical film layer and the normal of the light-receiving surface of the image-capture device, and the second angle is less than the first angle.

5. The biometric identification module of claim 3, further comprising:

a light-collimating layer located between the second optical film layer and the image-capture device.

6. The biometric identification module of claim 5, further comprising:

a filter layer located between the light-collimating layer and the image-capture device.

7. The biometric identification module of claim 5, further comprising:

a filter layer located between the second optical film layer and the light-collimating layer.

8. The biometric identification module of claim 3, wherein the second optical film layer is formed by a plurality of microstructures.

9. The biometric identification module of claim 3, further comprising:

a light guide layer disposed on the first region and the second region of the cover plate and disposed between the cover plate and the display device, wherein the first optical film layer is disposed on the light guide layer, and a portion of the light guide layer is located between the first region of the cover plate and the first optical film layer; and

a third optical film layer disposed on the light guide layer and located between the second region of the cover plate and the light guide layer, wherein the light beam sequentially passes through the first optical film layer located on the first region of the cover plate, is transmitted to the third optical film layer located on the second region of the cover plate via the light guide layer, passes through the third optical film layer, enters the second region of the cover plate, and is reflected by the finger disposed on the second region of the cover plate.

10. The biometric identification module of claim 3, further comprising:

a light guide layer, wherein the light guide layer is located between the display device and the image-capture device; and

a third optical film layer disposed on the light guide layer and located between the display device and the light guide layer, wherein the light beam sequentially passes through the first optical film layer located on the first region of the cover plate, is transmitted to the third optical film layer located on the second region of the cover plate via the light guide layer, passes through the third optical film layer, enters the second region of the cover plate, and is reflected by the finger disposed on the second region of the cover plate.

11. The biometric identification module of claim 1, further comprising:

a light-controlling device located between the first optical film layer and the light source.

12. The biometric identification module of claim 1, further comprising:

a light guide layer disposed on the first region and the second region of the cover plate and disposed between the cover plate and the display device, wherein the first optical film layer is disposed on the light guide layer, and a portion of the light guide layer is located between the first region of the cover plate and the first optical film layer; and

a third optical film layer disposed on the light guide layer and located between the second region of the cover plate and the light guide layer, wherein the light beam sequentially passes through the first optical film layer located on the first region of the cover plate, is transmitted to the third optical film layer located on the second region of the cover plate via the light guide layer, passes through the third optical film layer, enters the second region of the cover plate, and is reflected by the finger disposed on the second region of the cover plate.

13. The biometric identification module of claim 12, wherein the first optical film layer and the third optical film layer are spaced apart by a distance.

14. The biometric identification module of claim 12, wherein the display device comprises a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, and a display medium layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a refractive index of the light guide layer is higher than a refractive index of the first substrate and a refractive index of the cover plate.

15. The biometric identification module of claim 1, further comprising:

a light guide layer, wherein the light guide layer is located between the display device and the image-capture device; and

a third optical film layer disposed on the light guide layer and located between the display device and the light guide layer, wherein the light beam sequentially passes through the first optical film layer located on the first region of the cover plate, is transmitted to the third optical film layer located on the second region of the cover plate via the light guide layer, passes through the third optical film layer, enters the second region of the cover plate, and is reflected by the finger disposed on the second region of the cover plate.

16. The biometric identification module of claim 15, wherein the first optical film layer and the third optical film layer are spaced apart by a distance.

17. The biometric identification module of claim 15, wherein the display device comprises a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, and a display medium layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a refractive index of the light guide layer is higher than a refractive index of the first substrate and a refractive index of an air.

18. The biometric identification module of claim 15, wherein the third optical film layer is formed by a plurality of microstructures.

19. The biometric identification module of claim 1, wherein the first optical film layer is formed by a plurality of microstructures.