Smartphone camera
part · 2000 · Digital age
A lens and a light-sensitive CMOS sensor.
What it is made of
- Lens — has part. A lens of several elements focuses the image.
- Image sensor — has part. A CMOS sensor turns light into a digital image.
Principles and materials it uses
- Plastic — is made of. The lenses are optical plastic.
- Glass — is made of. The cover glass is sapphire or glass.
Where it is used
- Smartphone — is part of. One or more cameras.
- Self-driving car — is part of. Cameras.
- Quadcopter (drone) — is part of. A camera.
- QR code — is used in. It is read by a phone camera.
- Video call — is used in. A camera.
- Weather satellite — is part of. Cameras.
- Endoscope — is part of. Video endoscopes.
- Military drone — is part of. Reconnaissance cameras.
- AR glasses — is part of. Cameras.
- Lunokhod — is part of. TV cameras.
- Speed radar — is part of. A camera captures the licence plate.
History: what it evolved from and what it influenced
- Camera — evolved from. A smartphone camera keeps the layout of a camera: a lens forms an image on a light-sensitive surface.
- Digital camera — evolved from. A miniature digital camera.