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Infrared-LEDs from Osram Enable Face Recognition in Smartwatches

The two smallest biometric identification products to date expand Osram's photonics portfolio and open promising new areas of application.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

Various methods of biometric identification provide the user with security and form a reliable “lock” against unwanted access. For manufacturers of mobile devices, the size of the individual components plays a central role in the design of their products. Osram‘s new infrared-LEDs (IREDs) SFH 4170S and SFH 4180S meet this demand by being the smallest biometric products by the Munich-based high-tech company. The particularly compact dimensions of the specially developed Oslon ...

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