Elliptic Labs has announced the shipping of its AI Virtual Proximity Sensor? INNER BEAUTY® on vivo?s S19 and S19 Pro smartphones. The vivo S19 series, targeted for the Chinese market, are powered by Elliptic Labs?

partners Qualcomm and MediaTek. The vivo S19 is running Qualcomm?s Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset while the vivo S19 Pro is driven by MediaTek?s Dimensity 9200+ chipset. Elliptic Labs previously announced this contract.

Elliptic Labs? AI Virtual Proximity Sensor detects when a user holds their phone up to their ear during a call, allowing the smartphone to turn off its display and disable its screen?s touch functionality. This keeps the user?s ear or cheek from triggering unwanted actions during the call, such as hanging up or dialing numbers.

Turning off the screen also helps conserve battery life. Proximity detection is a core capability that is used in all smartphones, but Elliptic Labs? AI Virtual Proximity Sensor is a unique, software-only solution that delivers robust proximity detection without the need for a dedicated hardware sensor.

By replacing hardware sensors with software sensors, the AI Virtual Proximity Sensor reduces device cost and eliminates sourcing risk.