Korean tech giant Samsung became one of the first companies to introduce a Time of Flight camera sensor in a smartphone earlier this year.
El Galaxy S10 Samsung's 5G featured the sensor on the front, which allows the device to implement background blurring, during video recording. And it allows users to measure the dimensions of objects.
Samsung's suppliers then invested heavily in the technology, resulting in the Galaxy Note 10 lineup with the new sensor.
Now, we have news about the Samsung Galaxy S11 ToF provider. And if the report is true, it looks like Samsung has switched providers. More details below.
The Samsung Galaxy S11 will feature Time of Flight sensors supplied by China's Sunny Optics, according to rumors
With manufacturers running out of ideas to improve smartphone photography, their focus is now shifting. We can see this trend in chip designs, with Apple and ARM customizing for neural and machine learning computations.
What are these sensors for?
These will serve both augmented and virtual reality applications, and as far as the sensor is concerned, Time of Flight sensors are starting to become the new norm in high-end devices.
But there is also a rumor coming from the Chinese social network Weibo, suggesting a name for the supplier of the Samsung Galaxy S11 ToF. The Time of Flight technology featured in Samsung's 2020 flagships is a given, and the company is likely to improve the technology, through software and hardware innovations.
The Weibo rumor suggests that Chinese company Sunny Optical will supply Samsung with ToF sensors for the Galaxy S11 lineup. However, the details of this sensor are not yet known, but since Sunny has not supplied components to Samsung for the Galaxy Note 10, we believe that the manufacturer could be focused on improving the hardware.
This buzz is fueled by the fact that Sunny also manufactures custom solutions for its customers. Sunny Optics is also responsible for assembling the Huawei P30 Pro Periscope Camera Setup and according to Jeff Pu of GI Securities, the company could also appear on Apple's vendor list for the 2021 iPhones.
What is the Time of Flight sensor for?
A Time of Flight sensor works by simply emitting a wave pulse and measuring the time it takes for the pulse to return to the sensor. This allows depth estimation and allows the device using the sensor to interact with its surroundings in a way that a standard CMOS sensor does not.
The Samsung Galaxy S11, meanwhile, is expected to launch in three variants and feature 10x lossless zoom with LPDDR5 RAM.
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