Sony Semiconductor Solutions has launched an image sensor for compact security applications. The IMX415 combines the Starvis technology for excellent visibility in low light surveillance with Prior Low Noise Circuit technology for better SNR
Two organic photodetector (OPD) firms, Isorg and Sumitomo Chemical, have signed an agreement to develop OPD products for hybrid organic CMOS image sensors and smartphone fingerprint sensors
Canon USA has announced two new CMOS sensor products, the 120-megapixel 120MXSI and ultra-high sensitivity 35MMFHDXSMA
OmniVision Technologies has announced the OS04A10, a 2.9-micron pixel image sensor with 4 megapixel resolution, the latest addition to its family of Nyxel near-infrared and ultra-low light sensors
Teledyne e2v has released the Emerald 67M image sensor, designed for ultra-high resolution electronics inspection, high-end surveillance and microscopy
Newsight Imaging has released the NSI3100 sensor chip for machine vision, barcode reading, Industry 4.0, lidar and AFS systems for automotive applications
Hamamatsu Photonics has developed an InGaAs area image sensor for hyperspectral cameras, capable of detecting shortwave infrared light up to 2.55µm
Precision sensor manufacturer Micro-Epsilon has launched a 3D non-contact surface inspection system for defect detection and for inspecting the aesthetic appearance of non-reflecting surfaces
The new sensor modules in the Framos ecosystem now also support the Sony IMX283 CMOS sensor, extending the present resolution range to 20 megapixels
Pleora Technologies has introduced a sensor networking platform for military imaging
Matthew Dale explores how machine vision integrators are responding to new demands in the pharmaceutical industry
Keely Portway looks at new terahertz and infrared technologies being developed to inspect aircraft
CCS now offers a range of OLED industrial lighting panels, which are opening up new possibilities in machine vision, writes Paul Downey, marketing manager at CCS Europe
Suprateek Banerjee, VDMA Robotics and Automation, gives an update on OPC Machine Vision, which provides uniform integration of machine vision systems into higher IT production systems
Zeiss's Smartzoom 5 digital microscope can remove glare from images by using angular illumination
Reporting from the EMVA’s business conference in Copenhagen, Greg Blackman discovers how angular illumination and computational imaging can dramatically improve the resolution of a system
Greg Blackman reports on the discussion around embedded vision at the European Machine Vision Association’s business conference in Copenhagen, Denmark in mid-May
Test image at 940nm
Imec is working to industrialise thin-film photodetector stacks on CMOS in order to fabricate low-cost infrared image sensors, as the Belgian institute’s Dr Paweł Malinowski explains
Greg Blackman reports on CSEM's Witness IOT camera, an ultra-low power imager that can be deployed as a sticker. Dr Andrea Dunbar presented the technology at Image Sensors Europe in London in March
Greg Blackman reports on the complexities of training AllGo Systems' driver monitoring neural networks, which the firm's VP of engineering, Nirmal Kumar Sancheti, spoke about at the Embedded World trade fair
Greg Blackman reports from the Image Sensors Europe conference in London, which took place from 13 to 14 March
