Sony Eyes Sensors in Wearable Computers to Gesture TVs

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Sony Corp. is considering applying its image sensors to wearable computers and hand-gesture TVs as it expects smartphone revenue to peak around 2015.

The company plans to seek growth in developing the chips, already used in smartphones and digital cameras, for products such as self-driving cars and medical equipment, Yasuhiro Ueda, senior vice president for Sony’s image sensor unit, said in an interview.