Mobile & Wearables

Combining state-of-the-art Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) technology with unique optical design and packaging expertise, ams provides best-in-class, reliable performance for the most demanding high-volume mobile platforms. ams technology supports all 3D sensing technologies such as Time-of-Flight, Active Stereo Vision, Structured Light and the portfolio includes components, modules as well as system reference designs.

A 1D Time-of-Flight sensor is optimized for presence detection, and is part of the overall ams solution for 3D sensing.  Applications such as face recognition, augmented reality, 3D object scanning and 3D image rendering, as well as other industrial and automotive applications, will benefit from the use of ams 3D sensing solution.

Our 3D direct Time-of-Flight (dToF) offers a complete solution for 3D sensing for use in mobile devices. High-performance, low-power dToF sensing systems are optimized for valuable applications including augmented reality, camera image enhancement, and camera auto-focus assistance in dark. ams is also taking its cutting-edge 3D sensing solutions and expertise forward from mobile, into computing, automotive, robotics as well as access and payment application areas. 

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Auto white-balancing (AWB) RGB and XYZ color sensors from ams can be used to improve a camera’s image processing and AWB algorithm to produce a picture with excellent white balance – a result which today’s camera functions often fail to achieve. These sensors support the camera image sensor algorithm by providing critical information to the AWB algorithm about the color of the ambient light sources, enabling it to dramatically improve the white balance of the image.

Light-source detection ams RGB and high-accuracy XYZ color sensors offer dedicated infrared photodiode detection channels which enable display management and automatic white-balancing (AWB) applications to optimize their performance. They do so by detecting the sources of light in the immediate environment.

Auto-focus and background blur assist 1D Time-of-Flight sensors enable accurate and fast measurement of the distance to an object, which means that a camera can take in-focus pictures even of moving objects.

Spectral ALS Sensors from ams enable unprecedented light-source detection and AWB improvement, by utilizing spectrometer-like light source detection capabilities and included flicker detection. Even in situations with extreme color contrast or under non-ideal/mixed light source conditions.

Vital signs are measurements of the body's basic functions, and may be used to assess the general physical health of a person. These signals, which vary with age, weight, gender, and physical condition, are useful in detecting or monitoring medical problems. Vital signs can be measured in a medical setting, at home, at the site of a medical emergency, or elsewhere.
The next generation of vital sign sensor solutions will be smaller and more integrated, will provide more connectivity, will cost less, will sense multiple parameters and will provide more accurate measurements. ams has a wide range of technologies that support the development of these new sensor products. In addition, its optical modules can easily be integrated into systems intended for use in either consumer or medical devices. 

ams enables:

• Non-invasive measurements of medical parameters: pulse rate, electrocardiogram (ECG), blood oxygen
• Additional vital sign parameters derived from ECG and pulse rate: blood pressure, arterial elasticity and vagal tone
• Continuous monitoring of  health status as part of a preventive medicine program
• The development of small, highly integrated, cost effective, medical-grade solutions based on optical modules and supporting algorithms