A sensor for sensing biometric information includes a light emitting unit that emits a first light ray, a light receiving unit that receives a second light ray, where the second light ray includes a portion of the first light ray reflected by a body of a user, and an optical layer placed over the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit. The optical layer has a first surface facing the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit and a second surface opposite the first surface. The optical layer further includes an asymmetrical protrusion structure formed on the first surface or the second surface and including a plurality of asymmetrical protrusion units. The optical layer may further include a symmetrical protrusion structure formed on the first surface or the second surface opposite the asymmetrical protrusion structure and including a plurality of symmetrical protrusion units.

A thin optical imaging module of a biometric apparatus includes a first glass substrate, a first optical prism film, a second optical prism film, and an image sensor. The first glass substrate further includes a fingerprint imaging area, a vein imaging area, a contact surface, a reflective interface, and an attaching surface. The first optical prism film adhered to the attaching surface is located under the fingerprint imaging area. The second optical prism film is adhered to a position under the first optical prism film. The image sensor disposed in correspondence to the first glass substrate is located under the attaching surface.

A method for authenticating an object, comprising determining a physical dispersion pattern of a set of elements, determining a physical characteristic of the set of elements which is distinct from a physical characteristic producible by a transfer printing technology, determining a digital code associated with the object defining the physical dispersion pattern, and authenticating the object by verifying a correspondence of the digital code with the physical dispersion pattern, and verifying the physical characteristic.

Disclosed is a fingerprint recognition sensor including: a backlight unit including a base layer positioned on one surface of a substrate and including a transparent material and a light source irradiating light to the inside of the base layer on one side of the base layer, in which light in which an incident angle on a surface facing the substrate is larger than a critical angle is transmitted toward the substrate; a cover layer spaced apart from the substrate and facing the other surface of the substrate; multiple sensor pixels defined by multiple scan lines and multiple data readout lines on the other surface of the substrate and positioned between the substrate and the cover layer; and multiple photo sensors positioned in the respective sensor pixels and sensing light transmitted on the base layer toward the substrate and total-reflected on a surface contacting a fingerprint of a user on the cover layer.

A prism of an approximately quadrangle-frustum shape is arranged so that a bottom side, out of two parallel surfaces of the prism, is a placing surface side for a finger. A first imaging unit arranged below a top surface parallel to the bottom surface images an image of the finger transmitted through the top surface. A light source radiates light to at least one side surface of a first set of side surfaces, out of two sets of side surfaces of the approximately quadrangle-frustum shape that face each other. A second imaging unit images the image of the finger transmitted through a second set of side surfaces, out of the two sets of side surfaces. An infrared ray light source radiates infrared ray light into the finger so that the infrared ray light is scattered inside the finger and is received by the imaging unit.

A fingerprint identification apparatus includes a cover plate, an optic fingerprint identification device, and an adhesive. The optic fingerprint identification device has a light-transmitting window. The adhesive is disposed between the cover plate and the optic fingerprint identification device, and a projection of the adhesive on the cover plate surrounds a projection of the light-transmitting window on the cover plate.

An electronic device includes a substrate, a plurality of light sources, the plurality of light sources configured to emit an optical signal to an object through the substrate, at least one sensor underneath the substrate, the at least one sensor configured to detect biometric information associated with the object by receiving a reflected light signal, the reflected light signal corresponding to the optical signal reflected off the object and transferred through the substrate, and a multi-lens array including at least one support layer, a plurality of first lenses, and a plurality of second lenses, the at least one support layer in an upper portion of the at least one sensor, the plurality of first lenses on an upper surface of the at least one support layer, and the plurality of second lenses on a lower surface of the at least one support layer.

Provided is a display device including a display layer which includes an active area and a peripheral area adjacent to the active area, a biometric information sensing layer disposed below the display layer and including a sensor, and an optical pattern layer disposed on an optical pattern plane between the biometric information sensing layer and the display layer and including a light blocking part and a transmission part having higher light transmittance than the light blocking part, wherein an upper surface of the light blocking part is concave, and recessed away from the optical pattern plane.

An optical identification device includes a circuit board, a top cover, an optical detection module and an optical channel. The top cover is disposed on the circuit board and has an identification region. The optical detection module is disposed on the circuit board and located inside the top cover. The optical detection module includes an optical emitter and an optical receiver. The optical emitter is adapted to emit an illumination beam toward the top cover. The optical receiver is adapted to receive the illumination beam reflected from the top cover. The optical channel is disposed between the optical emitter and the top cover, and adapted to block the illumination beam from projecting onto a lower surface of the identification region facing the optical receiver.

A biometric authentication device uses IR-VCSELs as light sources for performing biometric authentication by providing clear images. A light guide module is introduced to minimize the size of the device. Moreover, the biometric authentication device uses a single image sensing module to gather a vein image and a fingerprint image into the same detection signal which is then analyzed and compared with the pre-stored vein feature data and fingerprint feature data.