ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,694, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to AUO Corp. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).
"Biometric identification device" was invented by Yan-Liang Chen (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan), Tsu-Chien Tung (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan) and Mei-Lien Huang (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biometric identification device is provided. Photosensitive devices are disposed on the substrate. The first dielectric layer is disposed on the photosensitive devices. The first light-shielding parts are disposed on the first dielectric layer. Each of the first light-shielding parts has a first light-transmitting area and a first light-shielding area surrounding the first light-...