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    • 9. 发明公开
    • PROXIMITY SENSOR, PARTICULARLY FOR MOBILE DEVICES LIKE SMARTPHONES, TABLETS OR THE LIKE
    • EP3686630A1
    • 2020-07-29
    • EP19153776.0
    • 2019-01-25
    • IDT Inc.
    • ALLEN, Dan GilbertGOEPFERT, LarsGARZAROLLI, Matthias
    • G01S17/02G01S7/481H04M1/02
    • A method for detecting the proximity of a target to a proximity sensor 1, particularly for mobile devices like smartphones, tablets or the like, is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of: sending and receiving a first light signal by a first emitter-detector pair 2 of the proximity sensor 1 with a first light emitter 3 and a first photodetector 4, wherein the first light emitter and the first photodetector are separated by a first distance, sending and receiving a second light signal by a second emitter-detector pair 6 of the proximity sensor 1 with a second light emitter 7 and a second photodetector 8, wherein the second light emitter and the second photodetector are separated by a second distance, and wherein the first distance is different from the second distance, and subtracting the signal of the emitter-detector pair 2 having the smaller distance from the signal of the emitter-detector pair 6 having the greater distance. The invention is based on the fact that the light signal sent and received by the emitter-detector pair 2 having a smaller distance between the light emitter and the photodetector is less susceptible to the distance to the target and more reflects a current crosstalk, wherein the light signal sent and received by the emitter-detector pair 6 having the greater distance is more susceptible to the distance of the target and further including the crosstalk. Thus, subtracting the signal of the emitter-detector pair 2 from the signal of the emitter-detector pair 6 results in a signal that mainly relates to the distance of the target to the proximity sensor 1. In this way even a variable crosstalk, e.g. caused by a thermal drift, a mechanical change or smudge on the cover glass, will be eliminated and the proximity sensor will detect proximity events of a target with a high accuracy.