Image Capturing Apparatus, Electronic Equipment and Terminal

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an image capturing apparatus, an electronic equipment, and a terminal. The image capturing apparatus includes: a light-transmitting cover plate, having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; a light source module disposed below the second surface of the light-transmitting cover plate; at least one sensing module comprising a mask layer and a sensor component, wherein the mask layer is disposed on the first surface of the sensor component and is configured to prevent light from arriving at the first surface of the sensor component, and the second surface of the sensor component is configured to receive light; wherein a first incident light generated by the light source module is reflected by the first surface of the light-transmitting cover plate and received by the second surface of the sensor component. The imaging effect of the image capturing apparatus can be improved.

1 . An image capturing apparatus, comprising:
 a light-transmitting cover plate, having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other;   a light source module disposed below the second surface of the light-transmitting cover plate;   at least one sensing module comprising a mask layer and a sensor component, wherein the sensor component has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, the first surface of the sensor component is disposed closer to the light-transmitting cover plate than the second surface of the sensor component, the mask layer is disposed on the first surface of the sensor component and is configured to prevent light from arriving at the first surface of the sensor component, and the second surface of the sensor component is configured to receive light; wherein a first incident light generated by the light source module is reflected by the first surface of the light-transmitting cover plate and received by the second surface of the sensor component.   
     
     
         2 . The image capturing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein an incident angle of the first incident light on the first surface of the light-transmitting cover plate is greater than or equal to a critical angle of total reflection. 
     
     
         3 . The image capturing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the image capturing apparatus comprises a plurality of sensing modules, and there is a light-transmitting area between adjacent sensing modules. 
     
     
         4 . The image capturing apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein a portion of a second incident light generated by the light source module, which is reflected by the first surface of the light-transmitting cover plate, is transmitted through the light-transmitting area between the adjacent sensing modules or shielded by the mask layer, and an incident angle of the second incident light on the first surface of the light-transmitting cover plate is less than a critical angle of total reflection. 
     
     
         5 . The image capturing apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein an ambient light, which is transmitted through the light-transmitting cover plate, is transmitted through the light-transmitting area between the adjacent sensing modules or shielded by the mask layer. 
     
     
         6 . The image capturing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein an area of the mask layer in each of the at least one sensing module is greater than or equal to an area of the sensor component. 
     
     
         7 . The image capturing apparatus according to  claim 3 , further comprising a catadioptric component having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, wherein the sensor component is disposed on the first surface of the catadioptric component, and the first incident light generated by the light source module is reflected by the first surface of the light-transmitting cover plate to the second surface of the catadioptric component, at least partially reflected on the second surface of the catadioptric component and received by the second surface of the sensor component. 
     
     
         8 . The image capturing apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein the catadioptric component comprises a substrate, the substrate has a first surface and a second surface, the first surface of the substrate is disposed closer to the second surface of the sensor component, the first incident light generated by the light source module is reflected by the first surface of the light-transmitting cover plate, transmitted through the light-transmitting area between the adjacent sensing modules and the first surface of the substrate, reflected by the second surface of the substrate and received by the second surface of the sensor component. 
     
     
         9 . The image capturing apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein the catadioptric component comprises:
 an optical element disposed below the second surface of the sensor module;   wherein light scattered by an object to be captured reaches the optical element through the light-transmitting area between the adjacent sensing modules, and is reflected by the optical element and received by the second surface of the sensor component.   
     
     
         10 . The image capturing apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein the object to be captured is imaged by the optical element onto the sensor component according to geometric optical principle. 
     
     
         11 . The image capturing apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein the optical element comprises a concave mirror, and the object to be captured above the light source module is imaged by the concave mirror onto the sensor component. 
     
     
         12 . The image capturing apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein the first surface of the sensor module is attached to the light source module; and/or the object to be captured is not in contact with the light source module. 
     
     
         13 . The image capturing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the object to be captured comprises a fingerprint, an eyeball, a gesture, or a human face. 
     
     
         14 . The image capturing apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a display panel, the display panel comprises a plurality of display pixels, and the light source module comprises the plurality of display pixels. 
     
     
         15 . The image capturing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the mask layer comprises an electrode. 
     
     
         16 . The image capturing apparatus according to  claim 15 , wherein the light source module is attached to the mask layer, and the light source module and the sensor component share the electrode. 
     
     
         17 . The image capturing apparatus according to  claim 3 , further comprising:
 a complementary metal oxide semiconductor device disposed below the at least one sensing module; and   a lens disposed between the at least one sensing module and the complementary metal oxide semiconductor device, wherein light scattered by an object to be captured is transmitted through the lens and the light-transmitting area between adjacent sensing modules and received by the complementary metal oxide semiconductor device.   
     
     
         18 . The image capturing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein both the light source module and the at least one sensing module are integrated on a same substrate. 
     
     
         19 . The image capturing apparatus according to  claim 8 , wherein the light source module is disposed between the light-transmitting cover plate and the substrate along a thickness direction of the image capturing apparatus, or the light source module is disposed on a same plane with the substrate and at one side of the substrate in the plane. 
     
     
         20 . An electronic equipment, comprising: an image capturing apparatus,
 wherein the image capturing apparatus comprises:   a light-transmitting cover plate, having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other;   a light source module disposed below the second surface of the light-transmitting cover plate;   at least one sensing module comprising a mask layer and a sensor component, wherein the sensor component has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, the first surface of the sensor component is disposed closer to the light-transmitting cover plate than the second surface of the sensor component, the mask layer is disposed on the first surface of the sensor component and is configured to prevent light from arriving at the first surface of the sensor component, and the second surface of the sensor component is configured to receive light; wherein a first incident light generated by the light source module is reflected by the first surface of the light-transmitting cover plate and received by the second surface of the sensor component.