Pittsford, NY. Jan. 3 2013: A new, low cost, contactless gesture-recognition technology called imPart will be shown at CES 2013 in Las Vegas January 8-11 which uses Plessey Semiconductor’s award-winningEPIC electric potential sensors.imPart technology is designed to fit around computer monitors, portable laptop computers, ultra books and tablets to facilitate the control of devices using “no touch” gestures such as swipe, flick, up, and down. A simple ‘left-click’ function is accomplished by hovering the hand at any required point for more than 0.5s. Plessey’s unique low-power EPIC sensors detect changes in electric potential, and enable devices to be gesture-enabled without needing expensive, power hungry, capacitive touchscreen technology or video cameras.
This amazing new technology can detect very small signals even at a distance of up to 4″ without physical contact. At the Consumer Electronics Show, an imPart reference design will be demonstrated that illustrates how easy and economical it is to implement a contactless pointing device in a wide range of products. A video demonstration of the technology can be viewed at http://youtu.be/vQM0cqCdWT8.
EPIC sensors work by detecting changes in the Earth’s atmospheric electric potential field caused by a hand or body moving through it. The technology functions as an ultra-high, input impedance sensor that acts as a highly stable, extremely sensitive, contactless voltmeter to measure tiny changes in the electric field down to milliVolts. Plessey’s EPICsensor technology is revolutionizing many different application areas from contactless gesture recognition to ECG monitors for remote health and fitness applications.
EPIC sensor datasheets are available at: http://www.plesseysemiconductors.com/products/epic/datasheets/
Made by Plessey Electronics, a leading European innovator in the development of integrated circuits and sensors, Plessey Semiconductors Ltd. will be demonstratingimPart at Booth 73506, Level 3 Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas, NV.
EPIC sensors are available now in North America from Saelig Company, Inc. Pittsford, NY, Plessey’s USA technical distributor. For detailed specifications, free technical assistance, or additional information, please contact Saelig at 1-888-7SAELIG, via email:info@saelig.com, or by visiting http://www.saelig.com/category/MFR0113.htm .
About Saelig Company, Inc.
Founded in 1988 in Rochester, New York, Saelig is a North American distributor with a growing reputation for finding and sourcing unique, easy-to-use control and instrumentation products and related active components, for use in a variety of industries, including: automation, automotive, aerospace & defense, computers, controls, embedded systems, medical & pharmaceutical manufacturing, motion control, R&D, wireless, etc. Products lines are continuously added from sources across the globe, and are offered at highly competitive prices, accompanied by full in-house technical support, exceptional customer service, and fast delivery. For full details of available product lines, please visit www.saelig.com.
About Plessey Semiconductors Ltd.
Plessey Semiconductors are leading experts in the development and manufacture of semiconductor products used in sensing, measurement and control applications. Plessey’s products are found in a wide range of markets including communications, manufacturing, medical, defense, aerospace and automotive. Plessey designs products for high performance applications and its range of integrated sensing products includes CMOS image sensors, Hall Effect devices and its award-winning EPIC electric potential sensors. These products all benefit from Plessey’s high precision, high temperature and radiation tolerant technologies.
