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Elliptic Labs’ Alternative Solution to Smartphone's Optical Proximity Sensor

After revolutionizing the user interface market for mobile devices with its unique ultrasound technology, innovator Elliptic Labs has turned its attention toward reinventing the optical proximity sensor for smartphones. Hardware-based optical sensors have been an indispensable part of every smartphone since their inception to turn off the screen and disable touch functionality when a user holds a device to their ear.

20 Jan 2016

Himax Announces Ultra-Low Power QVGA CMOS Image Sensor, HM01B0

Himax Imaging, Inc., a subsidiary of Himax Technologies, Inc. (“Himax” or the “Company”), a leading supplier and fabless manufacturer of display drivers and other semiconductor products, today announced the HM01B0, an ultra-low power QVGA CMOS Image Sensor that consumes less than 700µW when operating at QQVGA resolution of 30 Frames Per Second (FPS), and less than 2mW when operating at QVGA resolution with support for even lower power modes. Himax is planning to deliver samples to selected customers and partners in the first quarter of 2016.

From Himax Technologies, Inc. 20 Jan 2016

Silicon Labs Introduces Next-Generation Optical Sensors

Silicon Labs has introduced next-generation optical sensors that can be used to protect consumers from the harmful effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation and to develop innovative touchless user interfaces leveraging high-performance proximity sensing and gesture recognition.

19 Jan 2016

Intel Licenses Almalence’s SuperSensor Computational Imaging Technology

Almalence Inc., one of the world's leaders in computational imaging, announces today that it is working closely with Intel to enable Almalence SuperSensor Technology on the Intel® Atom™ x3 processors.

19 Jan 2016

Echelon and ERC to Jointly Explore Motion Sensing and Color Tuning Technology

Echelon Corporation, a leading independent control networking company for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), today announced it has joined the Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center (ERC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in membership to support and participate in the institute’s pursuit of the study and commercialization of transformational smart lighting systems.

18 Jan 2016

RPI’s Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center Installs Inpatient Lighting Test Bed at UNMHC

In an effort to study the effects of lighting on human health and diseases, the Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center (ERC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) recently installed a novel hospital inpatient lighting test bed for the study of automated lighting at the University of New Mexico Health Center (UNMHC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The test bed is a demonstration of the success of the multi-institutional, interdisciplinary Engineering Research Center Program funded by the National Science Foundation.

18 Jan 2016

Point Grey Debuts Next Generation 3D Sensor for Retail Analytics Applications

Point Grey, a global leader in the design and manufacturing of innovative, high-performance digital cameras, today announced the release of the new Censys3D people counting and tracking 3D stereo vision sensor.

18 Jan 2016

FARO Technologies Announces New Class of Automated Metrology Sensor

FARO Technologies, Inc., announces highly-adaptable 3D imager arrays that promise to drive automated industrial manufacturing metrology processes to the next level.

13 Jan 2016

Lockheed Martin Awards Supply Contract for Northrop Grumman’s LN-200S Fiber-Optic Inertial Measurement Unit

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin Corporation to supply its LN-200S fiber-optic Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) for the LM 300 satellite bus.

From Northrop Grumman Corporation 13 Jan 2016

ON Semiconductor’s 47MP Image Sensor for Critical Industrial Inspection and Mapping Applications

ON Semiconductor, driving energy efficient innovations, is enabling new levels of performance and efficiency in critical industrial inspection and mapping applications with the KAI-47051 image sensor, the world’s highest resolution Interline Transfer CCD device.

From ON Semiconductor 13 Jan 2016