Image acquisition apparatus, biological body information acquisition apparatus, and electronic apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016174847-A1
Application number	US-201514971037-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 16, 2015
Priority date	Dec 17, 2014
Publication date	Jun 23, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An image acquisition apparatus includes an imaging section including a light receiving device and a light emitting section that is superimposed on the imaging section and illuminates a subject. The light emitting section includes a light transmissive first substrate, a light emitting device provided on the device substrate, a barrier section as a resin layer that defines a light emitting region in the light emitting device, and a light transmissive portion that transmits light reflected off the illuminated subject and guides the reflected light to the light receiving device, and the barrier section contains an insulating resin material and a light absorbing material. The barrier section absorbs light that is emitted from the light emitting region and could undesirably leak toward the light transmissive portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An image acquisition apparatus comprising:
an imaging section including a light receiving device; and a light emitting section that is superimposed on the imaging section and illuminates a subject, wherein the light emitting section includes a light transmissive first substrate, a light emitting device provided on the first substrate, a resin layer that defines a light emitting region in the light emitting device, and a light transmissive portion that transmits light reflected off the illuminated subject and guides the reflected light to the light receiving device, and the resin layer contains an insulating resin material and a light absorbing material.

2 . The image acquisition apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the light absorbing material is carbon black or a Ti-based black pigment.

3 . The image acquisition apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the light emitting device has a first electrode and a second electrode so disposed on the first substrate that the electrodes face each other and a light emission function layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the resin layer is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and so disposed that the resin layer defines a region where the first electrode is in contact with the light emission function layer and encloses an outer edge of the first electrode in a plan view.

4 . The image acquisition apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein the light emitting device has a reflection layer disposed between the first substrate and the first electrode, and the first electrode has light transmissivity and is layered on the reflection layer.

5 . The image acquisition apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein the light emitting device has a reflection layer disposed between the first substrate and the first electrode, and the first electrode has light transmissivity and is layered on the reflection layer via an interlayer insulating film.

6 . The image acquisition apparatus according to claim 1 ,
further comprising a light collecting section superimposed on the light emitting section, wherein the light collecting section includes a light transmissive second substrate and a collector lens provided on the second substrate on a surface thereof facing the light emitting section and in a position where the collector lens faces the light transmissive portion.

7 . The image acquisition apparatus according to claim 1 ,
further comprising a light blocking section disposed between the light emitting section and the imaging section, wherein the light blocking section includes a light transmissive third substrate, a light blocking layer provided on the third substrate on a surface thereof facing the imaging section, and an opening formed in the light blocking layer and in a position where the opening faces the light receiving device.

8 . The image acquisition apparatus according to claim 1 ,
further comprising a light collecting section and a light blocking section disposed between the light emitting section and the imaging section, wherein the light collecting section includes a light transmissive second substrate and a collector lens provided on the second substrate on a surface thereof opposite the light emitting section and in a position where the collector lens faces the light transmissive portion, and the light blocking section includes a light transmissive third substrate, a light blocking layer provided on the third substrate on a surface thereof facing the imaging section, and an opening formed in the light blocking layer and in a position where the opening faces the light receiving device.

9 . The image acquisition apparatus according to claim 7 ,
wherein a center of a light receiving surface of the light receiving device, a center of the opening in the light blocking layer, and a center of the light transmissive portion in the light emitting section roughly coincide with one another in a plan view.

10 . A biological body information acquisition apparatus comprising:
an imaging section including a light receiving device; and a light emitting section that is superimposed on the imaging section and illuminates a biological body, wherein the light emitting section includes a light transmissive first substrate, a light emitting device that is provided on the first substrate and emits near infrared light, a resin layer that defines a light emitting region in the light emitting device, and a light transmissive portion that transmits light reflected off the illuminated biological body and guides the reflected light to the light receiving device, and the resin layer contains an insulating resin material and a light absorbing material.

11 . The biological body information acquisition apparatus according to claim 10 ,
wherein the light absorbing material is carbon black or a Ti-based black pigment.

12 . The biological body information acquisition apparatus according to claim 10 ,
wherein the light emitting device has a first electrode and a second electrode so disposed on the first substrate that the electrodes face each other and a light emission function layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the resin layer is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and so disposed that the resin layer defines a region where the first electrode is in contact with the light emission function layer and encloses an outer edge of the first electrode in a plan view.

13 . The biological body information acquisition apparatus according to claim 12 ,
wherein the light emitting device has a reflection layer disposed between the first substrate and the first electrode, and the first electrode has light transmissivity and is layered on the reflection layer.

14 . The biological body information acquisition apparatus according to claim 12 ,
wherein the light emitting device has a reflection layer disposed between the first substrate and the first electrode, and the first electrode has light transmissivity and is layered on the reflection layer via an interlayer insulating film.

15 . The biological body information acquisition apparatus according to claim 10 ,
further comprising a light collecting section superimposed on the light emitting section, wherein the light collecting section includes a light transmissive second substrate and a collector lens provided on the second substrate on a surface thereof facing the light emitting section and in a position where the collector lens faces the light transmissive portion.

16 . The biological body information acquisition apparatus according to claim 10 ,
further comprising a light blocking section disposed between the light emitting section and the imaging section, wherein the light blocking section includes a light transmissive third substrate, a light blocking layer provided on the third substrate on a surface thereof facing the imaging section, and an opening formed in the light blocking layer and in a position where the opening faces the light receiving device.

17 . The biological body information acquisition apparatus according to claim 10 ,
further comprising a light collecting section and a light blocking section disposed between the light emitting section and the imaging section, wherein the light collecting section includes a light transmissive second substrate and a collector lens provided on the second substrate on a surface thereof opposite the light emitting section and in a position where the collect

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Tsuchiya Hitoshi

Classifications

• A61B5/742

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• A61B5/0033 Primary

  Features or image-related aspects of imaging apparatus, e.g. for MRI, optical tomography or impedance tomography apparatus; Arrangements of imaging apparatus in a room · CPC title