Abstract:
A sensor based on light sensing is provided, including a visible light sensor, an IR sensor, an amplifier connected to visible light sensor and IR sensor, an auto-gain control (AGC) connected to amplifier, an A/D converter (ADC) connected to AGC, a digital filter connected to ADC, a multiplexer connected to both digital filter and ADC, a timing controller connected to amplifier, AGC, DC, and digital filter, a temperature sensor, a voltage reference connected to amplifier, an oscillator connected to ADC, an IR_LED driver for driving IR LEDs, a control register connected to timing controller, a data register connected to multiplexer, an I2C interface connected to external serial clock line (SCL) and serial data lines (SDA), and an interrupt interface connected to external interrupt bus (INTB). SCL, SDA and INTB are connected externally to a host able to read and display the result data from the sensor.
Abstract:
A light sensor system includes at least one light emitter, a light sensor unit and a processing unit. The light sensor unit is arranged to receive reflected light from an object in accordance with a time sequence in which the at least one light emitter is activated, and accordingly output a plurality of reflected signals. The processing unit is arranged to receive the reflected signals, identify a signal function of time by referring to occurrence sequence of local peak levels of the reflected signals, and determine motion of the object according to the signal function of time. Another light sensor system is proposed. The major difference between the two light sensor systems is that the processing unit of the another light sensor system is arranged to identify the signal function of time by comparing a predetermined threshold with signal levels of the reflected signals.