optical sensor
Sees via photons
An optical sensor is a device that detects light and converts it into an electrical signal.
Optical sensors appear in cameras, motion detectors, barcode scanners, and fiber optic systems.
They may respond to visible light, infrared, or ultraviolet wavelengths: The optical sensor adjusts screen brightness based on ambient light.
- photomultiplier tubeVacuum device amplifying light signals
- photodiodeLight-to-current semiconductor
- photodetectorLight-to-electricity conversion device
- phototransistorLight-sensitive amplifying component
- barcode scanningOptical product identification method
ambient light · spectrometer · CCD · digital camera · laser beam · medical imaging · detection · laser diode · interferometry · infrared · proximity · imaging · exposure · camera · barcode · photoresistor · sensitivity · beam
- device partsbattery, button, buttons, camera, screen
- Mouse Partsbutton, scroll wheel, side button, wheel, body
- sensorsbiosensors, ammeter, pressure transducer, temperature probe, accelerometer
- dissolved oxygensaturation, oxygen depletion, continuous monitoring, buret, zero point
- fiber opticsfiber cable, cladding, splice, glass fibers, glass fibre
- OptoelectronicsLED, laser, photodiode, phototransistor, photocell
optical sensormicrophone
Audio input device
pressure sensor · thermal sensor · proximity sensor · motion sensor · humidity sensor
optical sensorLED
Semiconductor that glows
laser · display · light source · projector · illuminator
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