Smartphone sensors are a very important part of our lives.In this post it is a basic description about these one should know.
- Proximity Sensor: Recognizes whether the mobile phone is located near to the user or not by sending Infrared rays.
- Gesture Sensors: It will look for your gesture movements, mainly eyes or hand and act accordingly.
- RGB Light Sensor: Measure the red, green, blue and white intensity of the light source, used mainly to make adjustments in the Cameras.
- Gyro Sensor: Used to detect the mobile phone rotation state based on three axes
- Accelerometer: Detects the orientation of phone according to three axes. This sensor is widely used in all portable gadgets.
- Geomagnetic Sensor: Used in Maps to detect directions by detecting magnetic field intensity.
- Temperature/Humidity Sensor: Checks temperature and humidity levels.
- Barometer: Identifies the atmospheric pressure at the user’s current location.
- Hall Sensor: Recognizes whether the cover is open or closed.
- Motion Sensor: Which detects the motion of Phone, especially for gaming and unlocking phones
- Ambient Light Sensor: To check the intensity of light in the atmosphere and adjust display brightness accordingly.
- Gravity Sensor: It’s usually an accelerometer which contains a weight or tube inside. So moving of this weight tells the phone whether it moves right or left, top or bottom, up or down. It works mainly during gaming.
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