Ultra-compact Osram infrared LED enables gesture control in car interiors

Suitable as constant light source for camera-based application and for 3D image acquisition with modulated or fast pulsed light

Ultra-compact Osram infrared LED enables gesture control in car interiors

New compact infrared LEDs (IRED) from Osram promises to bring the technology required for tomorrow’s vehicles.

Autonomous driving will lead the way causing cars to be equipped with more and more functions to make the interaction between occupants and vehicles more intuitive.

Autonomous vehicle interior design will see the classic dashboard replaced by other user interfaces and options for communication, according to Osram.

Today, drivers can use voice assistants for navigation and control simple functions via gesture control.

Thanks to gesture recognition, completely new ways of using displays were also created.

At the edges of the image, different menu items for operating the display are often shown in a standardised way – which in turn takes away space from displaying the map.

With the help of gesture recognition, menu items are only shown when the driver moves his hand towards the display, allowing the route to appear full screen.

Walter Rothmund, marketing manager for sensing at Osram Opto Semiconductors said: “Thanks to its extremely compact dimensions of only 1.6 mm x 1.6 mm and a package height of only 0.81 mm, the IRED can be installed easily in a small space.”

With a DC power of 1.15 W at 1 A and very fast switching times of 10 ns, the component is suitable as both a constant light source for a camera-based application and for 3D image acquisition with modulated or fast pulsed light.

The automotive-qualified component (AEC-Q102) is available in two different wavelengths: 850 nm (SFH 4170S A01) and 940 nm (SFH 4180S A01).

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