METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FINGERPRINT SENSOR EVALUATION

    公开(公告)号:US20230375612A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-23

    申请号:US18248418

    申请日:2021-11-02

    摘要: A method of evaluating a dielectric structure, comprising the steps of a) changing a potential difference between each sensing structure in a first set of sensing structures and each sensing structure in a second set of sensing structures, and to providing, for each sensing structure in the first set of sensing structures, a sensing signal indicative of a strength of a capacitive coupling between each sensing structure in the second set of sensing structures and the sensing structure in the first set of sensing structures; b) assign other sensing structures to the first set of sensing structures and the second set of sensing structures; c) performing step a) and step b) until a respective sensing signal has been provided for each sensing structure in the plurality of sensing structures; and d) providing an evaluation result based on the respective sensing signals.

    Method and system for fingerprint sensor evaluation

    公开(公告)号:US11935319B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-19

    申请号:US18248418

    申请日:2021-11-02

    摘要: A method of evaluating a dielectric structure, comprising the steps of a) changing a potential difference between each sensing structure in a first set of sensing structures and each sensing structure in a second set of sensing structures, and to providing, for each sensing structure in the first set of sensing structures, a sensing signal indicative of a strength of a capacitive coupling between each sensing structure in the second set of sensing structures and the sensing structure in the first set of sensing structures; b) assign other sensing structures to the first set of sensing structures and the second set of sensing structures; c) performing step a) and step b) until a respective sensing signal has been provided for each sensing structure in the plurality of sensing structures; and d) providing an evaluation result based on the respective sensing signals.

    FINGERPRINT SENSOR WITH COLUMN READ-OUT
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240028154A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-25

    申请号:US18255386

    申请日:2021-12-16

    IPC分类号: G06F3/041 G06F3/044 G06V40/13

    摘要: A fingerprint sensor comprising a plurality of sensing elements distributed across a rectangular sensing area with mutually opposite short sides and mutually opposite long sides, the sensing elements being arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; readout circuitry arranged in a readout area located adjacent to a short side of the sensing area; and a plurality of readout lines for connecting each of the sensing elements to the readout circuitry, the readout lines in the plurality of readout lines extending in parallel to the long sides of the sensing area. For each column of sensing elements in the plurality of columns, at least a first sensing element and a second sensing element in the column are simultaneously connectable to the readout circuitry via a first readout line and a second readout line, respectively, in the plurality of readout lines.

    Adaptive readout from a global shutter optical biometric sensor

    公开(公告)号:US11508180B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-22

    申请号:US17760874

    申请日:2021-07-08

    IPC分类号: G06V40/13 H04N5/378 G06F13/42

    摘要: The present invention relates to an optical biometric sensor comprising: a read-out circuitry controllable for converting analog sensing signals to digital signals, the analog sensing signals being indicative of an image acquired by an image sensor comprising an array of photodetectors; and a timing circuitry configured to control the read-out circuitry to provide digital signals based on a present data transfer capacity on a data transfer bus configured to transfer data indicative of the digital signals from the optical biometric sensor to a host device.

    Fingerprint sensor with column read-out

    公开(公告)号:US12056307B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-06

    申请号:US18255386

    申请日:2021-12-16

    IPC分类号: G06F3/041 G06F3/044 G06V40/13

    摘要: A fingerprint sensor comprising a plurality of sensing elements distributed across a rectangular sensing area with mutually opposite short sides and mutually opposite long sides, the sensing elements being arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; readout circuitry arranged in a readout area located adjacent to a short side of the sensing area; and a plurality of readout lines for connecting each of the sensing elements to the readout circuitry, the readout lines in the plurality of readout lines extending in parallel to the long sides of the sensing area. For each column of sensing elements in the plurality of columns, at least a first sensing element and a second sensing element in the column are simultaneously connectable to the readout circuitry via a first readout line and a second readout line, respectively, in the plurality of readout lines.

    Adaptive readout from an optical biometric sensor to a host device

    公开(公告)号:US11516413B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-29

    申请号:US17760916

    申请日:2021-07-08

    摘要: The present invention relates to an optical biometric sensor (100) comprising: an image sensor (302) comprising an array (301) of photodetectors (304), wherein for acquiring sensing signals, the image sensor is controllable to sequentially start exposure of subsets (306, 308, 309) of photodetectors; and a timing circuitry (310) configured to control the start of exposure of a subset of photodetectors based on a present data transfer capacity on a data transfer bus (312) configured to transfer data indicative of the acquired sensing signals from the optical biometric sensor to a host device (314).