Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Samsung selects Cypress OvationONS II optical navigation system for Samsung Intercept QWERTY cell phone

SAN JOSE, USA: Cypress Semiconductor Corp. announced that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has selected the OvationONS II optical navigation system for its Android-based Intercept phones. The OvationONS II sensor will be used in the optical track pad modules inside the Intercept for easy and intuitive single-handed screen and menu navigation.

Cypress’s PSoC-based OvationONS II enables a fully-contained optical finger navigation module system that includes a laser, sensor and processor. It employs Cypress’s patented OptiCheck technology — a proprietary, speckle-based two-dimensional comb array technology — to determine finger motion and provide highly accurate and reliable user navigation interfaces for mobile devices.

The Intercept also offers users both a touchscreen and a full slider QWERTY keyboard, offering a convenient and functional way to enjoy faster web surfing, downloads, messaging, and more. Based on the Android operating system, it delivers features such as Google Maps™, expandable Memory (up to 32 GB), picture messaging, and Bluetooth. The phone is available from Sprint in the US.

OvationONS sensor is a superior 2-D motion sensor system solution. The solution enables reliable optical tracking performance for all operating environments. The OvationONS sensor is based on Cypress’s PSoC programmable technology. The programmable advantages enables the sensor to self adjust tracking performance according to different conditions such as operating temperature, tracking surfaces, ambient light conditions and more.

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