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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2015
Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
James Costello, Singapore, SG;
Gek Yong Ng, Singapore, SG;
Siong Lee Loh, Singapore, SG;
Boon Keat Tan, Singapore, SG;
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
An optical sensor and optical system are disclosed. The optical sensor is disclosed to include a light source, a photodetector having a proximity sensing portion and an ambient light sensing portion, and a controller configured to implement a proximity sensing phase where the proximity sensing portion of the photodetector is utilized to obtain an incident light reading when the light source is ON and then implement an ambient light sensing phase where the ambient light sensing portion of the photodetector is utilized to obtain an incident light reading when the light source is OFF.