Low-Power Asynchronous Solar Sensor

    公开(公告)号:US20250155282A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-15

    申请号:US18279661

    申请日:2022-03-04

    Abstract: The invention relates to an asynchronous solar sensor, capable of calculating the relative position of the sun with respect to the centroid thereof, which comprises a very low-power pixel matrix, with N rows and M columns, with a photodiode working in a photovoltaic region in each pixel, wherein the pixels are connected in a common row line and a common column line; a pin-hole optics module, linked to the matrix, and comprising a hole through which a light passes, an illuminated region being generated on the matrix; and a processing module, connected to the common row line and to the common column line of the pixel matrix, configured directly to determine the centroid of the illuminated region.

    Systems and methods for crosstalk mitigation between ambient light sensor and electronic display

    公开(公告)号:US12298181B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-13

    申请号:US18411987

    申请日:2024-01-12

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: To mitigate undesirable outcomes due to crosstalk in an ambient light sensor reading resulting from light emission from an electronic display, statistics may be gathered to determine and compensate for the crosstalk. For example, the ambient light sensor may detect ambient light levels while the electronic display is temporarily paused to reduce or eliminate crosstalk between the light produced by the electronic display and the ambient light sensor. However, the ambient light sensor may retain charge from a previous light emission, creating back-emission crosstalk. The ratio of back-emission to front-emission (e.g., present light emission) may not be linear, and the degree of nonlinearity may vary with pixel value, color component, display brightness, temperature, and so on. As the ambient light sensor is affected by back-emission, compensation for the nonlinearity between the front-emission and the back-emission may be obtained to estimate the crosstalk induced on the ambient light sensor.

    Device and method for inspecting optical power measurement of light emitter and computer-readable recording medium

    公开(公告)号:US12298179B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-13

    申请号:US17815699

    申请日:2022-07-28

    Applicant: GRAMM INC.

    Inventor: Jisoo Lee

    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for inspecting optical power measurement of a light emitter, the device including: a reference light emitter; a measurer configured to measure optical power by receiving light emitted from one of the reference light emitter and a plurality of inspection target light emitters, the measurer including an integrating sphere, a photodiode detector, and a photocurrent or photovoltage measurement device; and a controller configured to calculate a first average of optical power of the plurality of inspection target light emitters by measuring first optical power of a first inspection target light emitter among the plurality of inspection target light emitters, and generate an alarm to stop using the measurer when a difference between the first average and a second optical power of the reference light emitter exceeds a first threshold. Thus, the inspection is more accurately and reliably carried out.

    Opto-isolator with memory
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12292328B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-06

    申请号:US18744621

    申请日:2024-06-15

    Abstract: An opto-isolator has a light emitter, at least one light guide, a light recorder optically connected to the light emitter via the light guide, an optical signal modulator optically connected to the light emitter, the light guide or the light recorder, and an optical modulator memory connected to the optical signal modulator. The optical signal modulator modulates an optical signal within the opto-isolator, and is controlled by the optical modulator memory.

    TECHNOLOGIES FOR LOW POWER INDOOR AND OUTDOOR DETECTION

    公开(公告)号:US20250138491A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-01

    申请号:US18838740

    申请日:2022-04-02

    Abstract: Techniques for low power indoor/outdoor detection are disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, an integrated sensor hub receives data from an accelerometer. The sensor hub processes the accelerometer data to determine an activity of the user. Depending on the activity of the user, the sensor hub may determine whether the compute device is indoors or outdoors or may receive data from additional sensors, such as a magnetometer, a gyroscope, or an ambient light sensor. The additional sensor data may be used to determine whether the compute device is inside or outside.

    METROLOGY METHOD OF CALIBRATING AND MONITORING RADIATION IN EUV LITHOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20250137844A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-01

    申请号:US18756439

    申请日:2024-06-27

    Abstract: An instrumented substrate may provide a metrology platform for monitoring extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation in an image plane of a EUV lithography tool. The instrumented substrate may include in-band dosage sensors. The in-band dosage sensors may generate dosage measurements corresponding to the illumination which is in-band. The instrumented substrate may also include out-of-band dosage sensors and in-band scattered dosage sensors. The instrumented substrate may be housed within a front opening unified pod (FOUP) of a system.

    Method and optical system for characterizing displays

    公开(公告)号:US12287243B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-29

    申请号:US17594945

    申请日:2020-04-29

    Applicant: WOOPTIX S.L.

    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for characterizing and operating a display, such as a light-field display or a display with or without a phase screen, comprising: an input stage wherein at least one test signal is provided as input to the display, a capture stage for obtaining display output information, said capture stage comprising capturing, by at least one acquisition system placed at a distance from the display, an impulse response of the display in response to the at least one provided test signal, wherein said capturing of an impulse response comprises measuring the at the at least one acquisition system received intensity distribution of the light emitted by the display in response to the at least one test signal, and/or capturing the wavefront phase of the light emitted by the display in response to the at least one test signal.

    OPTICAL SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20250130100A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-24

    申请号:US18636839

    申请日:2024-04-16

    Abstract: An optical sensing device and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The optical sensing device comprises a substrate, an optical acting area, a filter layer and a carbonized sidewall. The optical acting area is disposed on the substrate. The filter layer covers the optical acting area and selectively allows only a light beam with a specific wavelength to pass therethrough and be received by the optical acting area while blocking the light beams with other wavelengths. The carbonized sidewall covers the sidewall of the filter layer and a portion of the sidewall of the substrate to prevent the light beams with the other wavelengths from being received by the optical acting area through the sidewall of the substrate.

    OPTICAL SENSING DEVICE
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250123141A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-17

    申请号:US19001537

    申请日:2024-12-25

    Abstract: An optical sensing device including a substrate, a light-sensing element, a light-shielding layer, an insulating layer and a light-collecting element is disclosed. The light-sensing element is disposed on the substrate. The light-shielding layer is disposed on the light-sensing element and includes a first opening overlapping the light-sensing element. The insulating layer is disposed on the light-shielding layer and includes a second opening overlapping the first opening. The light-collecting element is disposed on the insulating layer and overlaps the second opening and includes a focus distance F and a first refractive index N1. A second refractive index N3 of an external medium, the first refractive index N1, the focus distance F, and a radius R′ of curvature of the light-collecting element meet the following equation: N1/N3=F/(F−R′).

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