Optical sensor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10128401-B2
Application number	US-201715821797-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 23, 2017
Priority date	Sep 17, 2015
Publication date	Nov 13, 2018
Grant date	Nov 13, 2018

Abstract

An optical sensor includes a substrate, light emitting units for emitting light with different wavelengths, and a photodetector. The substrate has at least one receiver for containing these light emitting units and a slot for containing the photodetector. A light guide structure of the optical sensor can be the receiver with a specific design, so that the light emitted by the light emitting units can be reflected towards a central axis of the photodetector. Thus, when at least one of the light emitting units emits light onto an object, the photodetector can receive the light reflected from the object.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical sensor, comprising:
a substrate having a first substrate surface and a second substrate surface located at opposite sides, wherein the substrate has a preset reference axis perpendicular to the first substrate surface, at least one receiver is recessed from the first substrate surface of the substrate, and a slot is recessed from the first substrate surface of the substrate in the preset reference axis; wherein a side wall of the at least one receiver has an inner light reflecting portion proximal to the reference axis and an outer light reflecting portion distal from the reference axis, an angle defined by the inner light reflecting portion and a bottom wall of the at least one receiver is greater than an angle defined by the outer light reflecting portion and the bottom wall of the at least one receiver, and the angle defined by the outer light reflecting portion and the bottom wall of the receiver is not less than 90 degrees;
a plurality of light emitting units, wherein the light emitting units include at least one first light emitting unit emitting a first light with a first spectrum and at least one second light emitting unit emitting a second light with a second spectrum different to the first spectrum, wherein the light emitting units are disposed in the at least one receiver of the substrate and the height of each of the light emitting units is less than the depth of the at least one receiver; wherein the inner light reflecting portion and the outer light reflecting portion enable light emitted by the light emitting units to be reflected towards the reference axis; and
a photodetector disposed in the slot of the substrate, wherein the reference axis overlaps with a central axis of the photodetector, at least one of the light emitting units is configured for emitting light onto an external object, and the photodetector is configured for receiving the light reflected from the external object.

2. The optical sensor of claim 1 , wherein the number of the at least one receiver is only one, and the receiver is of an annular shape substantially symmetrical with respect to the reference axis; an inner side wall of the receiver proximal to the reference axis is defined as the inner light reflecting portion; and an outer side wall of the receiver distal from the reference axis is defined as the outer light reflecting portion.

3. The optical sensor of claim 1 , wherein the number of the at least one receiver is more than one, the receivers are respectively arranged symmetrically with respect to the reference axis, the light emitting units are mounted on bottom walls of the receivers; and an angle defined by the side wall of each of the receivers and the bottom wall thereof gradually decreases in a direction away from the reference axis.

4. The optical sensor of claim 2 , further comprising a frame body, wherein the frame body has at least one annular inner wall surface, the frame body is disposed on a part of the first substrate surface outside the at least one receiver in the substrate, the inner wall surface of the frame body is substantially connected to the side wall of the at least one receiver in the substrate, an inner diameter of the inner wall surface of the frame body gradually decreases in a direction away from the first substrate surface, and the inner wall surfaces of the frame body respectively enable the light emitted by the light emitting units to be reflected towards the reference axis.

5. The optical sensor of claim 4 , further comprising at least one encapsulation, wherein spaces surrounded by the at least one receiver in the substrate, the slot in the substrate, and the corresponding inner wall surface of the frame body are filled with the at least one encapsulation.

6. The optical sensor of claim 2 , wherein in the at least one receiver in the substrate, the angle defined by the inner light reflecting portion and the bottom wall of the at least one receiver is approximately 120 degrees to 165 degrees, and the angle defined by the outer light reflecting portion and the bottom wall of the at least one receiver is approximately 90 degrees to 120 degrees.

7. The optical sensor of claim 3 , further comprising a frame body, wherein the frame body has at least one annular inner wall surface, the frame body is disposed on a part of the first substrate surface outside the receivers in the substrate, the inner wall surface of the frame body is substantially connected to the side wall of each of the receivers in the substrate, an inner diameter of the inner wall surface of the frame body gradually decreases in a direction away from the first substrate surface, and the inner wall surfaces of the frame body respectively enable the light emitted by the light emitting units to be reflected towards the reference axis.

8. The optical sensor of claim 7 , further comprising at least one encapsulation, wherein spaces surrounded by the receivers in the substrate, the slot in the substrate, and the corresponding inner wall surface of the frame body are filled with the at least one encapsulation.

9. The optical sensor of claim 3 , wherein in each of the receivers in the substrate, the angle defined by the inner light reflecting portion and the bottom wall of the receiver is approximately 120 degrees to 165 degrees, and the angle defined by the outer light reflecting portion and the bottom wall of the receiver is approximately 90 degrees to 150 degrees.

10. The optical sensor of claim 1 , wherein the light emitting units includes a red light emitting unit, a green light emitting unit, and an infrared light emitting unit, respectively.

11. The optical sensor of claim 1 , wherein in the at least one receiver in the substrate, the angle defined by the inner light reflecting portion and the bottom wall of the at least one receiver is approximately 120 degrees to 165 degrees, and the angle defined by the outer light reflecting portion and the bottom wall of the at least one receiver is approximately 90 degrees to 120 degrees.

12. An optical sensor, comprising:
a substrate having a first substrate surface and a second substrate surface located at opposite sides, wherein the substrate has a preset reference axis perpendicular to the first substrate surface, at least one receiver is recessed from the first substrate surface of the substrate, and a slot is recessed from the first substrate surface of the substrate in the preset reference axis; wherein a side wall of the at least one receiver has an inner light reflecting portion proximal to the reference axis and an outer light reflecting portion distal from the reference axis, an angle defined by the inner light reflecting portion and a bottom wall of the at least one receiver is greater than an angle defined by the outer light reflecting portion and the bottom wall of the at least one receiver, and the angle defined by the outer light reflecting portion and the bottom wall of the at least one receiver is not less than 90 degrees;
a plurality of light emitting units disposed in the at least one receiver of the substrate, wherein the reference axis overlaps with a central axis of the photodetector, and the inner light reflecting portion and the outer light reflecting portion enable light emitted by the light emitting units to be reflected towards the reference axis; and
a photodetector disposed in the slot of the substrate.

13. An optical sensor, comprising:
a substrate having a first substrate surface and a second substrate surface located at opposite sides, wherein the substrate has at least one receiver and a slot recessed from the first substrate surface of the substrate; wherein a side wall of the at

Assignees

• Lite On Opto Tech Changzhou Co Ltd
• Lite On Technology Corp

Inventors

• Chen Hung-Jui

Classifications

• G01S7/4815

  using multiple transmitters · CPC title

• H04N1/00734

  Optical detectors · CPC title

• G01V8/14

  using reflectors · CPC title

• G03G2215/00616

  Optical detector · CPC title

• G01V8/20

  using multiple transmitters or receivers · CPC title