At first glance, the infrared light sensor seems pretty useless. After all, you can’t get the motion sensor objective with this tool, and both ghosts and humans can trigger it.

Infrared sensors can help computers see without needing bright light sources that distract or annoy humans. An infrared light source, such as a laser or LED, can bathe a scene in light that humans ...

Compound semiconductors (e.g., InGaAs) having an optimal absorption band of 900–1700 nm, are used to detect light in the near-infrared region.

Kyoto Semiconductor Announces 14 Reflective Sensor Products Using Near-Infrared Light 1300-1650nm light source and photodetector integrated into one package SWIR type reflective sensor "KPR series" ...

PREMSTAETTEN, Austria-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--ams (SIX: AMS), a leading worldwide supplier of high performance sensor solutions, today announced the release of the TCS3701, an RGB light and IR ...

Imec, a nanoelectronics research company, says the new RGB-NIR multispectral sensor makes it possible to use both data from the RGB spectrum as well as near infrared, an extra layer of detail that ...

In the second generation of its near-infrared (NIR) technology for image sensors that operate in low to no ambient light conditions, OmniVision Technologies offers silicon semiconductor ...

Researchers have developed a smart sensor for DARPA that’s capable of identifying infrared -- without having to have its own power source.