Stephen is an author at Android Police who covers how-to guides, features, and in-depth explainers on various topics. He joined the team in late 2021, bringing his strong technical background in ...

If you need to measure a distance, it is tempting to reach for the ubiquitous ultrasonic module like an HC-SR04. These work well, and they are reasonably easy to use. However, they aren’t without ...

Time-of-flight (ToF) cameras are comprised of a sensor that uses a tiny laser to fire out infrared light. This light bounces off anything or anyone in front of the camera and back into the sensor. The ...

onsemi’s indirect time-of-flight (iToF) demo at embedded world showed how image sensors can be used to create valuable depth maps extending to six meters. Check out more of our embedded world 2023 ...

The camera-tech on modern smartphones has changed and evolved significantly over the years, resulting in the current state of photography that allows you to capture images that are on par (if not ...

If you are blind or your vision is impaired, moving around in a new space can be a harrowing experience. A cane helps, but only samples one point at a time, and can’t help that much above a certain ...

CMOS image sensors have become a cornerstone of modern imaging, leveraging the advantages of low power consumption, high speed, and scalability inherent in complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor ...

The VL53L1X time-of-flight sensor from STMicroelectronics extends the detection range of ST’s FlightSense* technology to four meters, bringing high-accuracy, low-power distance measurement, and ...

SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today introduced two new ISOCELL Vizion sensors — a time-of-flight (ToF) sensor ...

I recently met Dr. Dave Horsley, CTO and co-founder of Chirp Microsystems. This is a company that was created in 2013 after incubating with Skydeck at Berkeley and the government-based SBIR program.

The various ways your PC-screen “privacy” can be compromised. How a sensitive time-of-flight (ToF) transducer can be a critical privacy (and power-saving) building block. The many circumstances for ...