Patents by Inventor Farzan Ghavanini
Farzan Ghavanini has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11972628Abstract: Method for image acquisition in an ultrasonic biometric imaging device, the method comprising: determining a target area of a touch surface; by a plurality of ultrasonic transducers arranged at a periphery of the touch surface, emitting a shaped ultrasonic beam towards the target area using transmit beamforming; by the ultrasonic transducers, receiving reflected ultrasonic echo signals defined by received RF-data, the reflected ultrasonic echo signals resulting from interactions with an object in contact with the touch surface at the target area; subtracting background RF-data from the received RF-data to form a clean image; performing receive side beamforming to form a reconstructed image from the clean image; and for a plurality of reconstructed images resulting from a plurality of emitted ultrasonic beams for a given target area, adding the plurality of reconstructed images to form a summed image.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: FINGERPRINT CARDS ANACATUM IP ABInventors: Hamed Bouzari, Farzan Ghavanini
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Publication number: 20220406087Abstract: An ultrasonic biometric imaging device comprising: a cover structure having an exposed outer surface, wherein at least a portion of the exposed outer surface forms a sensing surface of the ultrasonic biometric imaging device; and a plurality of ultrasonic transducers attached to an edge portion of the cover structure and configured to emit an ultrasound wave into the cover structure; the cover structure further comprising a reflection reducing layer arranged at a bottom surface of the cover structure, wherein the reflection reducing layer is configured to reduce an amplitude of ultrasonic wave reflections at the bottom surface of the cover structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2020Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: Fingerprint Cards Anacatum IP ABInventors: Cuong Hung NGUYEN, Jonas JENSEN, Christian GRØNNEGAARD, Farzan GHAVANINI, Agnieszka Bicz, Roy HANSEN
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Patent number: 11482033Abstract: A method for controlling a plurality of ultrasonic transducers in a fingerprint sensing system that comprises a cover plate having a sensing surface configured to be touched by a finger, and a plurality of ultrasonic transducers located at the periphery of the cover plate and configured to transmit an acoustic signal propagating in the cover plate, receive an ultrasonic signal having interacted with an object in contact with the sensing surface, and to determine properties of the object based on the received ultrasonic signal. The method comprises: in response to a first input, controlling the plurality of transducers such that at least a portion of the sensing surface has a first feature detection resolution; and in response to a second input, controlling the plurality of transducers such that at least a portion of the sensing surface has a second feature detection resolution, different from the first feature detection resolution.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: FINGERPRINT CARDS ANACATUM IP ABInventors: Farzan Ghavanini, Jonas Tallhage, Frank Riedijk, René Nilsson, Wieslaw Bicz, Agnieszka Bicz
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Publication number: 20220237940Abstract: Method for image acquisition in an ultrasonic biometric imaging device, the device comprising a plurality of ultrasonic transducers arranged at a periphery of a touch surface along one side of the touch surface, the method comprising: determining a target area of a touch surface; identifying a blocking feature preventing ultrasonic wave propagation in the touch surface such that the blocking feature creates a blocked region in the touch surface where image acquisition is not possible; determining that the target area at least partially overlaps the blocked region; dividing the transducers into a first subset and a second subset, the first and second subset being defined in that ultrasonic waves emitted by the respective subset reaches the target area on a first and second side of the blocking feature; and capturing an image of the biometric object using transmit and receive beamforming.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2020Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: FINGERPRINT CARDS ANACATUM IP ABInventors: Hamed BOUZARI, Farzan GHAVANINI
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Publication number: 20220237939Abstract: Method for image acquisition in an ultrasonic biometric imaging device, the method comprising: determining a target area of a touch surface; by a plurality of ultrasonic transducers arranged at a periphery of the touch surface, emitting a shaped ultrasonic beam towards the target area using transmit beamforming; by the ultrasonic transducers, receiving reflected ultrasonic echo signals defined by received RF-data, the reflected ultrasonic echo signals resulting from interactions with an object in contact with the touch surface at the target area; subtracting background RF-data from the received RF-data to form a clean image; performing receive side beamforming to form a reconstructed image from the clean image; and for a plurality of reconstructed images resulting from a plurality of emitted ultrasonic beams for a given target area, adding the plurality of reconstructed images to form a summed image.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2020Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: FINGERPRINT CARDS ANACATUM IP ABInventors: Hamed BOUZARI, Farzan GHAVANINI
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Patent number: 11398104Abstract: There is an optical biometric imaging device configured to capture an image of an object in contact with an outer surface of the biometric imaging device, the biometric imaging device comprising: an image sensor comprising a photodetector pixel array and image sensor circuitry configured to capture an image of the object in contact with the outer surface of the imaging device; the image sensor comprising a first electrically conductive structure arranged adjacent to an active sensing area of the photodetector pixel array; a display panel arranged on top of and at a distance from the image sensor, the display panel comprising a second electrically conductive structure on a bottom side of the display panel and arranged to face the first electrically conductive structure of the image sensor; and capacitive readout circuitry arranged and configured to detect a capacitance between the first electrically conductive structure and the second electrically conductive structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: FINGERPRINT CARDS ANACATUM IP ABInventors: Jun Liu, Ehsan Hashemi, Hans Martinsson, René Nilsson, Farzan Ghavanini
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Patent number: 11308729Abstract: A biometric imaging device configured to capture an image of an object in contact with an outer surface of the imaging device, comprising: an at least partially transparent display panel comprising a repeating transmission pattern defined by an array of display unit cells, each display unit cell having the same transmission pattern; an image sensor comprising a photodetector pixel array arranged underneath the display panel; and a collimator layer arranged between the display panel and the image sensor that comprises a plurality of first collimating structures having a first collimator opening size and a plurality of second collimating structures having a second collimator opening size different from the first collimator opening size, wherein the respective collimator opening size and relative location of the first and second collimating structure in relation to the display unit cell is based on the transmission pattern of the display unit cell.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: FINGERPRINT CARDS ANACATUM IP ABInventors: René Nilsson, Hans Martinsson, Ehsan Hashemi, Farzan Ghavanini
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Publication number: 20210357603Abstract: A method for controlling a plurality of ultrasonic transducers in a fingerprint sensing system that comprises a cover plate having a sensing surface configured to be touched by a finger, and a plurality of ultrasonic transducers located at the periphery of the cover plate and configured to transmit an acoustic signal propagating in the cover plate, receive an ultrasonic signal having interacted with an object in contact with the sensing surface, and to determine properties of the object based on the received ultrasonic signal. The method comprises: in response to a first input, controlling the plurality of transducers such that at least a portion of the sensing surface has a first feature detection resolution; and in response to a second input, controlling the plurality of transducers such that at least a portion of the sensing surface has a second feature detection resolution, different from the first feature detection resolution.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2018Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: FINGERPRINT CARDS ABInventors: Farzan GHAVANINI, Jonas TALLHAGE, Frank RIEDIJK, René NILSSON, Wieslaw BICZ, Agnieszka BICZ
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Publication number: 20210312157Abstract: There is an optical biometric imaging device configured to capture an image of an object in contact with an outer surface of the biometric imaging device, the biometric imaging device comprising: an image sensor comprising a photodetector pixel array and image sensor circuitry configured to capture an image of the object in contact with the outer surface of the imaging device; the image sensor comprising a first electrically conductive structure arranged adjacent to an active sensing area of the photodetector pixel array; a display panel arranged on top of and at a distance from the image sensor, the display panel comprising a second electrically conductive structure on a bottom side of the display panel and arranged to face the first electrically conductive structure of the image sensor; and capacitive readout circuitry arranged and configured to detect a capacitance between the first electrically conductive structure and the second electrically conductive structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2018Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: Fingerprint Cards ABInventors: Jun LIU, Ehsan HASHEMI, Hans MARTINSSON, René NILSSON, Farzan GHAVANINI
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Patent number: 11100305Abstract: There is provided a display arrangement comprising an ultrasonic biometric sensing device. The display arrangement comprises: a cover plate having a sensing surface configured to be touched by a finger; a display panel comprising a plurality of sub-layers; a plurality of ultrasonic transducers arranged along the periphery of the display arrangement and outside of an active display area of the display arrangement, each ultrasonic transducer comprising a top and bottom electrode; and ultrasonic transducer control circuitry to control the ultrasonic transducers to determine properties of an object in contact with the sensing surface. One of the sub-layers in the display panel comprises a protruding portion extending outside of an area of any other sub-layer located between the sub-layer comprising the protruding portion and the cover plate, and the plurality of ultrasonic transducers are arranged on the protruding portion between the protruding portion and the cover plate.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Fingerprint Cards ABInventors: Martin Grip, Farzan Ghavanini
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Publication number: 20210165985Abstract: There is provided a display arrangement comprising an ultrasonic biometric sensing device. The display arrangement comprises: a cover plate having a sensing surface configured to be touched by a finger; a display panel comprising a plurality of sub-layers; a plurality of ultrasonic transducers arranged along the periphery of the display arrangement and outside of an active display area of the display arrangement, each ultrasonic transducer comprising a top and bottom electrode; and ultrasonic transducer control circuitry to control the ultrasonic transducers to determine properties of an object in contact with the sensing surface. One of the sub-layers in the display panel comprises a protruding portion extending outside of an area of any other sub-layer located between the sub-layer comprising the protruding portion and the cover plate, and the plurality of ultrasonic transducers are arranged on the protruding portion between the protruding portion and the cover plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2018Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: Fingerprint Cards ABInventors: Martin GRIP, Farzan GHAVANINI
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Publication number: 20200410201Abstract: A biometric imaging device configured to capture an image of an object in contact with an outer surface of the imaging device, comprising: an at least partially transparent display panel comprising a repeating transmission pattern defined by an array of display unit cells, each display unit cell having the same transmission pattern; an image sensor comprising a photodetector pixel array arranged underneath the display panel; and a collimator layer arranged between the display panel and the image sensor that comprises a plurality of first collimating structures having a first collimator opening size and a plurality of second collimating structures having a second collimator opening size different from the first collimator opening size, wherein the respective collimator opening size and relative location of the first and second collimating structure in relation to the display unit cell is based on the transmission pattern of the display unit cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2019Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: Fingerprint Cards ABInventors: René NILSSON, Hans MARTINSSON, Ehsan HASHEMI, Farzan GHAVANINI
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Patent number: 10325133Abstract: A capacitive fingerprint sensing device for sensing a fingerprint pattern of a finger can comprise a plurality of sensing elements. Each sensing element comprises a protective dielectric top layer to be touched by the finger; a first electrode comprising an optically transparent electrically conductive sensing structure arranged underneath the top layer; fingerprint sensing circuitry connected to the first electrode and configured to provide an analog sensing signal indicative of a distance between the finger and the sensing structure, a second electrode arranged underneath the first electrode; an organic light emitting layer arranged between the first and second electrodes; display element control circuitry connected to the second electrode and configured to control a display element comprising the first and second electrodes and the organic light emitting layer; and a switching mechanism configured to switch the sensing element between a fingerprint sensing mode and a display mode.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: Fingerprint Cards ABInventors: Farzan Ghavanini, Pontus Jägemalm
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Publication number: 20180173922Abstract: A capacitive fingerprint sensing device for sensing a fingerprint pattern of a finger can comprise a plurality of sensing elements. Each sensing element comprises a protective dielectric top layer to be touched by the finger; a first electrode comprising an optically transparent electrically conductive sensing structure arranged underneath the top layer; fingerprint sensing circuitry connected to the first electrode and configured to provide an analog sensing signal indicative of a distance between the finger and the sensing structure, a second electrode arranged underneath the first electrode; an organic light emitting layer arranged between the first and second electrodes; display element control circuitry connected to the second electrode and configured to control a display element comprising the first and second electrodes and the organic light emitting layer; and a switching mechanism configured to switch the sensing element between a fingerprint sensing mode and a display mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicant: Fingerprint Cards ABInventors: Farzan GHAVANINI, Pontus JÄGEMALM
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Patent number: 9898640Abstract: There is provided a capacitive fingerprint sensing device for sensing a fingerprint pattern of a finger, the capacitive fingerprint sensing device comprising: a protective dielectric top layer having an outer surface forming a sensing surface to be touched by the finger; at least one electrically conductive sensing structure arranged underneath the top layer; readout circuitry coupled to the at least one electrically conductive sensing structure to receive a sensing signal indicative of a distance between the finger and the sensing structure; and a plurality of individually controllable electroacoustic transducers arranged underneath the top layer and configured to generate a focused ultrasonic beam, and to transmit the ultrasonic beam through the protective dielectric top layer towards the sensing surface to induce an ultrasonic vibration potential in a ridge of finger placed in contact with the sensing surface at the location of the ultrasonic beam.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2017Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: FINGERPRINT CARDS ABInventor: Farzan Ghavanini
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Publication number: 20170316243Abstract: There is provided a capacitive fingerprint sensing device for sensing a fingerprint pattern of a finger, the capacitive fingerprint sensing device comprising: a protective dielectric top layer having an outer surface forming a sensing surface to be touched by the finger; at least one electrically conductive sensing structure arranged underneath the top layer; readout circuitry coupled to the at least one electrically conductive sensing structure to receive a sensing signal indicative of a distance between the finger and the sensing structure; and a plurality of individually controllable electroacoustic transducers arranged underneath the top layer and configured to generate a focused ultrasonic beam, and to transmit the ultrasonic beam through the protective dielectric top layer towards the sensing surface to induce an ultrasonic vibration potential in a ridge of finger placed in contact with the sensing surface at the location of the ultrasonic beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: Farzan Ghavanini
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Patent number: 9779282Abstract: The present invention relates to a capacitive fingerprint sensing device for sensing a fingerprint pattern. The sensing device comprises a protective dielectric top layer having an outer surface forming a sensing surface to be touched by the finger; a two-dimensional array of electrically conductive sensing structures arranged underneath the top layer; readout circuitry coupled to each of the electrically conductive sensing structures to receive a sensing signal indicative of a distance between the finger and the sensing structure; and an electroacoustic transducer arranged underneath the top layer and configured to generate an acoustic wave, and to transmit the acoustic wave through the protective dielectric top layer towards the sensing surface to induce an ultrasonic vibration potential in a ridge of finger placed in contact with the sensing surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2017Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Fingerprint Cards ABInventor: Farzan Ghavanini
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Publication number: 20170262692Abstract: The present invention relates to a capacitive fingerprint sensing device for sensing a fingerprint pattern. The sensing device comprises a protective dielectric top layer having an outer surface forming a sensing surface to be touched by the finger; a two-dimensional array of electrically conductive sensing structures arranged underneath the top layer; readout circuitry coupled to each of the electrically conductive sensing structures to receive a sensing signal indicative of a distance between the finger and the sensing structure; and an electroacoustic transducer arranged underneath the top layer and configured to generate an acoustic wave, and to transmit the acoustic wave through the protective dielectric top layer towards the sensing surface to induce an ultrasonic vibration potential in a ridge of finger placed in contact with the sensing surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventor: Farzan Ghavanini