Patent ID: 8811682
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capturing apparatus comprising: a substrate in which multiple pixel circuits are formed, each of the pixel circuits containing a photodiode; a driving unit that generates an image signal in which a target has been captured by driving the multiple pixel circuits, a first filter formed between an imaging surface on which a finger is placed and a fingerprint capturing region, the first filter being configured to transmit light less than 800 nm; a second filter located adjacent to the first filter formed between the imaging surface and a vein capturing region, the second filter being configured to transmit light greater than 800 nm; a first light source that emits light toward the first filter through the area between the fingerprint capturing region and the first filter; and a second light source that emits light toward the second filter through the area between the vein capturing region and the second filter, wherein when the substrate in which the multiple pixel circuits is formed is a capturing region containing an array of the photodiodes, the capturing region including both the fingerprint capturing region for capturing a fingerprint and the vein capturing region for capturing veins, and the first light source emits light of a first wavelength region and is positioned beneath the fingerprint capturing region, and the second light source emits light of a second wavelength region and is positioned beneath the vein capturing region, and the fingerprint capturing region and the vein capturing region are opposite from one another and overlap with the substrate when viewed from above.