Abstract: A sensor device includes a first light emitter that emits light with a wavelength from a first spectral range, a second light emitter that emits light with a wavelength from a second spectral range, a first light detector configured to detect light with a wavelength from the first spectral range, but not to respond to light with a wavelength from the second spectral range, and a second light detector configured to detect light with a wavelength from the first spectral range and light with a wavelength from the second spectral range, wherein a distance between the first light emitter and the first light detector is smaller than a distance between the second light emitter and the second light detector.

Abstract: A mobile computing device is disclosed. In an embodiment a mobile computing device includes a display screen including a top surface and a bottom surface, and a vital sign monitoring (VSM) sensor located within the display screen or beneath the bottom surface of the display screen, wherein the VSM sensor is configured to measure one or more vital sign parameters of a user that places a body part on the top surface of the display screen above the VSM sensor.

Abstract: A sensor device is disclosed. In an embodiment, the sensor device includes a carrier having a plane carrier surface, a plurality of photodetectors arranged on the carrier surface, each photodetector including a photosensitive sensor area and a lens arrangement arranged opposite the sensor areas, wherein the lens arrangement includes an optical axis, wherein the lens arrangement is configured to image electromagnetic radiation onto the sensor areas, wherein the plurality of photodetectors comprise at least one first photodetector having a first sensor area, the first sensor area comprises at least one property which differs from a property of a second sensor area of a second photodetector of the plurality of photodetectors, and wherein the second photodetector is arranged closer to the optical axis than the at least one first photodetector in order to reduce an optical imaging aberration of the lens arrangement.

Abstract: A sensor device includes a first light emitter that emits light with a wavelength from a first spectral range, a second light emitter that emits light with a wavelength from a second spectral range, a first light detector configured to detect light with a wavelength from the first spectral range, but not to respond to light with a wavelength from the second spectral range, and a second light detector configured to detect light with a wavelength from the first spectral range and light with a wavelength from the second spectral range, wherein a distance between the first light emitter and the first light detector is smaller than a distance between the second light emitter and the second light detector.

Abstract: An optical heart rate sensor is disclosed. In an embodiment the optical heart rate sensor includes at least one light source and at least one photodetector, wherein the light source comprises a blue light-emitting diode with a conversion phosphor, and wherein the conversion phosphor converts the blue light into a green-yellow light.

Abstract: An optical sensor that captures a heart rate and/or a blood oxygen content includes a light source including a light emitter that emits electromagnetic radiation with a first wavelength range including green light, a second wavelength range including red light and a third wavelength range including infrared radiation, and three light detectors, each including a filter for electromagnetic radiation, wherein a first filter is transmissive for light of the first wavelength range and non-transmissive for light of the second wavelength range and the infrared radiation of the third wavelength range, a second filter is transmissive for light of the second wavelength range and non-transmissive for light of the first wavelength range and the infrared radiation of the third wavelength range and a third filter is transmissive for the infrared radiation of the third wavelength range and non-transmissive for light of the first and the second wavelength range.

Abstract: An optical sensor that captures a heart rate and/or a blood oxygen content includes a light source including a light emittor that emits electromagnetic radiation with a first wavelength range including green light, a second wavelength range including red light and a third wave-length range including infrared radiation, and three light detectors, each including a filter for electromagnetic radiation, wherein a first filter is transmissive for light of the first wavelength range and non-transmissive for light of the second wavelength range and the infrared radiation of the third wavelength range, a second filter is transmissive for light of the second wavelength range and non-transmissive for light of the first wavelength range and the infrared radiation of the third wavelength range and a third filter is transmissive for the infrared radiation of the third wavelength range and non-transmissive for light of the first and the second wavelength range.

Abstract: A sensor device is disclosed. In an embodiment, the sensor device includes a carrier having a plane carrier surface, a plurality of photodetectors arranged on the carrier surface, each photodetector including a photosensitive sensor area and a lens arrangement arranged opposite the sensor areas, wherein the lens arrangement includes an optical axis, wherein the lens arrangement is configured to image electromagnetic radiation onto the sensor areas, wherein the plurality of photodetectors comprise at least one first photodetector having a first sensor area, the first sensor area comprises at least one property which differs from a property of a second sensor area of a second photodetector of the plurality of photodetectors, and wherein the second photodetector is arranged closer to the optical axis than the at least one first photodetector in order to reduce an optical imaging aberration of the lens arrangement.