Inner Beauty

Photo: Elliptic Labs

Hardware-based optical sensors have been an indispensable part of every smartphone to turn off the screen and to disable touch functionality when a user holds a device to their ear. By replacing these hardware components with Elliptic Labs’ INNER BEAUTY—the first software-based solution to replace the optical proximity sensor—the unsightly black holes on the front of the smartphone will be removed. The result is a more aesthetically pleasing design.

The inventor is Tobias Dahl and the company is based on his work at Institute of Informatics, University of Oslo

Elliptic Labs was established in 2006.

www.ellipticlabs.com