Sensors and Mobile Phones: Evolution and State-of-the-Art

Abstract

Sensors can be found virtually in all fields of applications for automatic real-world
data acquisition for using in plethora of decision making processes. Recent advancements have turned
mobile phones from simple communication devices into complete computing devices, leveraging
novel systems and services. Most of the systems have used sensors for automatic data acquisition and
have gained high levels of successes. Due to the increasing use of sensors in mobile phones, today’s
mobile phones come with a number of sensors while experiencing the integration of new sensors in the
near future. Sensors and mobile phones integration can be attributed to plenty of reasons including
easy usage, cost reductions, and high productivity etc. This paper gives a comprehensive overview of
sensors integration in mobile phones, sensors classification, identifies a number of available and
emerging sensors in mobile phones, and outlines a number of limitations and recommendations for the
research communities to address