ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,575, issued on June 10, was assigned to Chicony Electronics Co. Ltd. (New Taipei, Taiwan).
"Optical sensing device" was invented by Chien-Yueh Chen (New Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical sensing device including a base, a light sensing element, an image capturing lens, at least one light source, and a top cover is provided. The light sensing element is disposed on the base. The image capturing lens is disposed above the light sensing element. The light source is disposed on the base, beside the light sensing element, and configured to emit a light beam. The top cover covers the light source and has a slit patte...