Configuration and operation of array of self-mixing interferometry sensors

M Mutlu, MT Winkler, T Chen, O Momtahan - US Patent 11,243,068, 2022 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A sensor system includes a self-mixing interferometry sen sor; a drive
circuit configured to apply a modulated drive signal to an input of the self-mixing …

Optical proximity sensor integrated into a camera module for an electronic device

T Chen, M Mutlu, MT Winkler - US Patent 11,156,456, 2021 - Google Patents
An optical sensing system can be integrated into a camera module. In particular, an optical
element of an optical sensing system can be disposed entirely or partly within a barrel of a …

Self-calibrating optical transceiver system with reduced crosstalk sensitivity for through-display proximity sensing

T Chen, D Zheng, MT Winkler, SN Sweet… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
An optical sensing system includes a transmitter side and a receiver side, and is configured
to be positioned below a display of an electronic device. The transmitter side includes a light …

Surface quality sensing using self-mixing interferometry

T Chen, AF Cihan, M Jin - US Patent 11,460,293, 2022 - Google Patents
An electronic device is described. The electronic device includes a housing, a set of one or
more SMI sensors attached to the housing, and a processor. The set of one or more SMI …

Self-mixing interferometry device configured for non-reciprocal sensing

T Chen, AF Cihan, M Jin - US Patent 11,874,110, 2024 - Google Patents
Methods and systems concerning non-reciprocal sensing paths for a self-mixing
interferometry operation are disclosed herein. Optical components may be used to direct …

Wearable skin vibration or silent gesture detector

M Mutlu, AF Cihan - US Patent 11,906,303, 2024 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are wearable devices, their configurations, and methods of operation that
use self-mixing interferometry signals of a self-mixing interferometry sensor to recognize …

Directional voice sensing using coherent optical detection

E Tal, A Lipson - US Patent 11,854,568, 2023 - Google Patents
An electronic device includes a microphone, an array of coherent optical emitters, an array
of balanced coherent optical vibration sensors, and a processor. Each balanced coherent …

Identifying silent speech using recorded speech

Y Wexler - US Patent App. 18/505,353, 2024 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media including
instructions for interpreting facial skin micromovements are disclosed. Interpreting facial skin …

Hybrid interferometric and scatterometric sensing using in-plane sensors

T Chen, F Tan, M Jin - US Patent 11,543,235, 2023 - Google Patents
An optical sensor system including a semiconductor sub strate; a self-mixing interferometry
(SMI) sensor formed on the semiconductor substrate and including a semiconductor laser …

Particulate matter sensors based on split beam self-mixing interferometry sensors

M Mutlu, YAN Miaolei, MK Brown, R Yeh - US Patent 11,774,342, 2023 - Google Patents
Various sensors, including particulate matter sensors, are described. One particulate matter
sensor includes a self-mixing interferometry sensor and a set of one or more optical …