A compact infrared LED from Osram, called Oslon Piccolo, enables gesture control in car interiors

Gesture recognition delivers new ways of interacting with displays. For example, when navigating to a destination, the vehicle displays a map with the corresponding route.

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

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.

The Oslon Piccolo’s  dimensions of only 1.6 mm x 1.6 mm and a package height of only 0.81 mm make it suitable  for interactive automotive applications.”

With a DC power of 1.15 W at 1 A and  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).