Consumer devices like cell phones are using more and more sensors to save power and enhance our interaction with them. Some of the latest devices have multiple sensors; and now, two important and ...

Enabling OEMs to design smartphones without a bezel, ams has claimed the industry’s first optical sensor that integrates ambient light sensing, proximity detection, and flicker detection sensing in a ...

Sensor manufacturer Ams launched this week a new in-display ambient light and proximity sensor solution for smartphones equipped with OLED displays which essentially makes those modules invisible.

PREMSTAETTEN, Austria--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ams (SIX: AMS), a leading worldwide supplier of high performance sensor solutions, today launches the industry’s first optical sensor which integrates ambient ...

An Apple patent granted today describes how the front-facing camera, light sensor and proximity sensor found in existing iPhones could be used for health measurements. The electronic device uses one ...

Today, most modern Android devices are kitted out with a bunch of sensors. You can use this information in lots of different ways – whether it’s monitoring light levels so your application can ...

Everlight Electronics Co. Ltd. announces its latest innovation APM-16D25-11-DF8 that combines an ambient light and proximity sensor with an integrated IR transmitter in a compact DFN package. To ...

PREMSTAETTEN, Austria--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ams (SIX: AMS), a leading worldwide supplier of high performance sensor solutions, today introduced a 1.44mm-wide fully integrated color/ambient light/proximity ...

Able to detect ambient light at milli-lux levels, the TSL2740 combined ambient light and proximity sensor from ams is now available from Mouser Electronics. The small sensor combines an ambient light ...

A study has revealed that hackers could use an ordinary or “dumb” light bulb to listen in on your conversations from afar. The study conducted by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and ...

Maxim Integrated Products Inc. introduces the MAX44000, a digital ambient-light and infrared proximity sensor that detects light like a human eye. Designed using the company's proprietary BiCMOS ...