The disclosure relates to an under-screen fingerprint identification device.
The rise of mobile payment brings about rapid expansion of the demand for biometric identification, and biometric identification technology can be divided into fingerprint identification technology, iris recognition technology, DNA identification technology, and so forth. In consideration of the need for efficiency, safety, and non-intrusion, fingerprint identification has gradually become the mainstream technology of biometric identification.
At present, among the fingerprint identification technologies, fingerprint on display (FOD) has been actively developed by various manufacturers. According to the FOD, physical buttons can be further removed, and a sensing element of the fingerprint identification is directly disposed below the display element, so as to achieve a higher screen-to-body ratio and comply with the requirements for the existing slim border display devices.
Compared to the conventional capacitive fingerprint identification, FOD allows the sensing beam to enter the sensing element through the display element and a plurality of optical film layers, and accordingly the intensity of the beam entering the sensing element becomes weak. Therefore, it is usually necessary to improve the imaging quality by means of signal amplification, so as to increase the success rate of fingerprint identification.
Due to the difference in the intensity of the beam received from a central region of the image sensing element and the intensity of the beam received from a peripheral region of the image sensing element, the region having larger intensity is overly saturated during the signal amplification process. As such, certain details of signals may be missing, which results in poor sensing quality.
The disclosure provides an under-screen fingerprint identification device with good fingerprint identification performance.
According to an embodiment of the disclosure, an under-screen fingerprint identification device includes an image sensing element, a display element, an optical lens, and a band pass filter element. The image sensing element is disposed below the display element. The optical lens is disposed between the image sensing element and the display element. The band pass filter element is disposed between the image sensing element and the display element. An object to be identified is disposed on the display element. An initial beam is incident to the object to be identified, the object to be identified reflects the initial beam to generate a sensing beam, and the sensing beam is transmitted to the image sensing element through the display element, the optical lens, and the band pass filter element. The band pass filter element allows a beam with a specific wavelength range to pass. The specific wavelength range and a wavelength range of the initial beam are partially overlapped.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the wavelength range of the initial beam is within a range from λL1 to λL2, the sensing beam includes a first sub-beam, an incidence angle θ1 between the first sub-beam and a normal line of the band pass filter element is substantially 0°, the band pass filter element has a first filter frequency spectrum corresponding to the first sub-beam, a transmittance rate corresponding to the first filter frequency spectrum at a wavelength λF11 and a wavelength λF12 is 50%, the wavelength λF11 is shorter than the wavelength λF12, and λL1≤λF11<λL2.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the band pass filter element is disposed between the image sensing element and the optical lens.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the band pass filter element is disposed between the display element and the optical lens.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the sensing beam further includes a second sub-beam, an incidence angle θ2 between the second sub-beam and the normal line of the band pass filter element is greater than the incidence angle θ1 between the first sub-beam and the normal line of the band pass filter element, the band pass filter element has a second filter frequency spectrum corresponding to the second sub-beam, a transmittance rate corresponding to the second filter frequency spectrum at a wavelength λF21 and a wavelength λF22 is 50%, the wavelength λF21 is shorter than the wavelength λF22, and λF21<λF11.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, λL1≤λF21<λF11.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, λF21<λL1.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the first filter frequency spectrum is greater than an FWHM of the initial beam.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the display element emits the initial beam.
According to an embodiment of the disclosure, an under-screen fingerprint identification device is configured to identify an object to be identified and includes an image sensing element, a display element, and an optical lens. The image sensing element is disposed below the display element. The optical lens is disposed between the image sensing element and the display element, wherein an initial beam generates a light spot on the display element, the light spot includes a central portion and a peripheral portion outside the central portion, and a brightness of the peripheral portion is greater than a brightness of the central portion.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the initial beam includes a central sub-beam and a peripheral sub-beam, the central sub-beam defines the central portion of the light spot on the display element, the peripheral sub-beam defines the peripheral portion of the light spot on the display element, the central sub-beam passes through an optical axis region of the optical lens, and the peripheral sub-beam passes through a peripheral region of the optical lens.
In view of the above, the under-screen fingerprint identification device provided in one or more embodiments of the disclosure includes the band pass filter element. The band pass filter element has different filter spectrums corresponding to different beams with different incidence angles, and thus the brightness at the edge of the image sensing element can be compensated, and the identification quality of the under-screen fingerprint identification device can be compensated.
Besides, in the under-screen fingerprint identification device provided in another embodiment, the brightness distribution of the light spot generated by the initial beam is not uniform. Specifically, the light spot has a central portion with small brightness and a peripheral portion with large brightness, the initial beam includes a central sub-beam and a peripheral sub-beam, the central sub-beam defines the central portion of the light spot on the display element, the peripheral sub-beam defines the peripheral portion of the light spot on the display element, the central sub-beam passes through an optical axis region of the optical lens, and the peripheral sub-beam passes through a peripheral region of the optical lens. The intensity of the peripheral sub-beam is greater than the intensity of the central sub-beam, and therefore the peripheral sub-beam can compensate for lens shading, and the identification quality of the under-screen fingerprint identification device can be further improved.
To make the above features and advantages provided in one or more of the embodiments of the disclosure more comprehensible, several embodiments accompanied with drawings are described in detail as follows.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles described herein.
In the disclosure and in the following claims, various terms will be described and defined as having the following definitions: “optional” or “optionally” means that the subsequently stated situation may or may not occur. Hence, the description includes the occurrence or non-occurrence of the situation. For instance, if a device optionally includes a characteristic element for a sample collection unit, it indicates that the sample collection unit may or may not be present, and as such, the description includes that one of the devices has or does not have the structure of the sample collection unit.
As used herein, “substantial” means more than the minimum or ineffective amount, and “substantially” means more than the minimum or ineffectively. For instance, if the term “substantially different” is used herein, it means that there is a sufficient degree of difference between two values, so that people skill in the art will consider the difference between the two values within the context of the characteristics measured by the equivalent value, which is statistically significant. Thus, the difference between the two values that are substantially different from each other is typically greater than about 10%, and can be greater than about 20%, greater than about 30%, greater than about 40%, or greater than about 50%, which may vary together with a reference value or a function of a comparison value.
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In the present embodiment, the image sensing element 110 can be a complementary metal oxide semiconductor image sensor (CMOS image sensor, CIS), a charge coupled device (CCD), or any other appropriate type of image sensing element.
In the present embodiment, the display element 120 can be a self-illuminating display element including but not limited to an organic light-emitting diode (OLED). This should however not be construed as a limitation in the disclosure; according to other embodiments, the display element 120 may also be a non-self-illuminating display element including but not limited to a liquid crystal display (LCD) element.
According to the present embodiment, the optical lens 130 can be a lens assembly having a plurality of lenses. For instance, the lenses can be a bi-convex lens, a bi-concave lens, a plano-convex lens, a plano-concave lens, a convex-concave lens, any other lens, or a combination of at least two of the aforesaid lenses. A sensing beam L′ reflected by an object 10 forms images onto the image sensing element 110 by the optical lens 130.
In the present embodiment, the under-screen fingerprint identification device 100A can further include a casing 150 configured to accommodate the optical lens 130. The casing 150 can optically accommodate the band pass filter element 140 and the image sensing element 110, which should however not be construed as a limitation in the disclosure. Besides, the under-screen fingerprint identification device 100A can optically include a substrate 160 and a translucent cover 170. The substrate 160 can be configured to hold the image sensing element 110. The translucent cover 170 is disposed on the display element 120 to protect the display element 120. The translucent cover 170 has an upper surface 170s where the object 10 to be identified is adapted to be disposed. That is, the upper surface 170s of the translucent cover 170 may be a surface of the under-screen fingerprint identification device 100A receiving a pressing action, which should however not be construed as a limitation in the disclosure.
In the present embodiment, the under-screen fingerprint identification device 100A can further include an amplifier (not shown) electrically connected to the image sensing element 110. The image sensing element 110 is configured to receive a sensing beam L′ and convert the same to a corresponding electric signal, and the amplifier is configured to amplify the electric signal output by the image sensing element 110.
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Particularly, after the initial beam L is reflected by the object 10 to be identified, the sensing beam L′ having the information of the object 10 to be identified (e.g., ridges and valleys of fingerprints) is generated. The sensing beam L′ can include a first sub-beam L1, a second sub-beam L2, a third sub-beam L3, and a fourth sub-beam L4, wherein incidence angles θ1, θ2, θ3, and θ4 are respectively formed between the a normal line N of the band pass filter element 140 and the first sub-beam L1, the second sub-beam L2, the third sub-beam L3, and the fourth sub-beam L4, respectively. The incidence angle θ1 is substantially 0°, and θ1<θ2<θ3<θ4<90°. However, this should not be construed as a limitation in the disclosure. In other embodiments, the sensing beam L′ may include more sub-beams, and different incidence angles can be formed between the normal line N of the band pass filter element 140 and the sub-beams. In the present embodiment, the first sub-beam L1, the second sub-beam L2, the third sub-beam L3, and the fourth sub-beam L4 are exemplary and does not indicate that the sensing beam L′ provided herein merely has four sub-beams.
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In the present embodiment, the band pass filter element 140 has the first filter frequency spectrum SF1, the second filter frequency spectrum SF2, the third filter frequency spectrum SF3, and the fourth filter frequency spectrum SF4 respectively corresponding to the first sub-beam L1, the second sub-beam L2, the third sub-beam L3, and the fourth sub-beam L4. A transmittance rate corresponding to the first filter frequency spectrum SF1 at a wavelength λF11 and a wavelength λF12 is 50%, the wavelength λF21 is shorter than the wavelength λF22, and λL1≤λF11<λL2. A transmittance rate corresponding to the second filter frequency spectrum SF2 at a wavelength λF21 and a wavelength λF22 is 50%, the wavelength λF21 is shorter than the wavelength λF22, and λF21<λF11; preferably, λL1≤λF21<λF11. A transmittance rate corresponding to the third filter frequency spectrum SF3 at a wavelength λF31 and a wavelength λF32 is 50%, the wavelength λF31 is shorter than the wavelength λF32, and λF31<λF21; preferably, λL1≤λF31<λF21. A transmittance rate corresponding to the fourth filter frequency spectrum SF4 at a wavelength λF41 and a wavelength λF42 is 50%, the wavelength λF41 is shorter than the wavelength λF42, and λF41<λF31; preferably, λL1≤λF41<λF31. In the present embodiment, a full width at half maximum (FWHM) WF1 of the first filter frequency spectrum SF1 corresponding to the first sub-beam L1 is greater than the FWHM WL of the light emitting frequency spectrum SL of the initial beam L, a FWHM WF2 of the second filter frequency spectrum SF2 corresponding to the second sub-beam L2 may be greater than the FWHM WL of the light emitting frequency spectrum SL of the initial beam L, a FWHM WF3 of the filter frequency spectrum SF3 corresponding to the third sub-beam L3 may be greater than the FWHM WL of the light emitting frequency spectrum SL of the initial beam L, and a FWHM WF4 of the fourth filter frequency spectrum SF4 corresponding to the fourth sub-beam L4 may be greater than the FWHM WL of the light emitting frequency spectrum SL of the initial beam L. The FWHM refers to the difference between two wavelengths whose spectrum corresponds to the transmittance rate as 50%. For instance, the FWHM WF1 of the first filter frequency spectrum SF1 is λF12−λF11, the FWHM WF2 of the second filter frequency spectrum SF2 is λF22−λF21, the FWHM WF3 of the third filter frequency spectrum SF3 is λF32−λF31, the FWHM WF4 of the fourth filter frequency spectrum SF4 is λF42−λF41, and the FWHM WL of the light emitting frequency spectrum SL of the initial beam L is λL4−λL3.
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Since the filter frequency spectrum of the band pass filter element 140 tends to be changed together with the incidence angle of the incident beam, the sub-beam with larger incidence angle is more likely to arrive at the image capturing element 110 through the band pass filter element 140 (i.e., when an incidence angle between the sub-beam and a normal line of the band pass filter element 140 is larger, the ratio of the amount of the sub-beam passing the band pass filter element 140 to the amount of the sub-beam not yet entering the band pass filter element 140 is higher). Specifically, the possibility of the fourth sub-beam L4 arriving at the image capturing element 110 through the band pass filter element 140 is greater than the possibility of the third sub-beam L3 arriving at the image capturing element 110 through the band pass filter element 140, the possibility of the third sub-beam L3 arriving at the image capturing element 110 through the band pass filter element 140 is greater than the possibility of the second sub-beam L2 arriving at the image capturing element 110 through the band pass filter element 140, and the possibility of the second sub-beam L2 arriving at the image capturing element 110 through the band pass filter element 140 is greater than the possibility of the first sub-beam L1 arriving at the image capturing element 110 through the band pass filter element 140. As such, the light distribution curve I on the image capturing element 110 of the under-screen fingerprint identification device 100A provided in the present embodiment is smoother than the light distribution curve Iref on the image capturing element of the under-screen fingerprint identification device provided in the comparison example, and the electric signal corresponding to the light distribution curve I is more suitable for being amplified by the amplifier, so as to better prevent the issue of over-saturation and the resultant loss of image details, which is conducive to the improvement of the identification quality of the under-screen fingerprint identification device 100A.
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It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure provided in the disclosure without departing from the scope or spirit indicated herein. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the disclosure cover modifications and variations provided they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.
This application claims the priority benefit of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 62/712,990, filed on Aug. 1, 2018. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
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