Matthew Dale finds that new sensor technologies based on quantum dots are set to bring down the cost of shortwave infrared imaging
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The Moon landing was 50 years old in 2019. Zeiss lenses were used to capture this image
The best of 2019
23 December 2019
The last year has been one of consolidation for the machine vision industry, along with a slowdown in the markets that machine vision serves
OmniVision releases world's smallest, 0.5mm sensor
24 October 2019
The OV6948 sensor, measuring 0.575 x 0.575mm, is designed for medical imagers, including reusable medical imaging equipment
Imec lowers infrared cost with monolithic quantum dot IR sensor
24 October 2019
Imec says the new production method promises an order of magnitude gain in fabrication throughput and cost compared to processing conventional infrared imagers
Prophesee releases industrial-grade neuromorphic sensor
4 October 2019
Each pixel in Prophesee’s Metavision sensor only activates if it detects a change in the scene – an event – which means low power, latency and data processing requirements
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A mounting problem: how to get the best performance from the new APS-C sensors
17 September 2019
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Imaging systems are becoming ubiquitous in modern technology; camera-lens systems are almost everywhere you look. From smartphones to self-driving cars, our world is filled with computers that rely on machine vision to record, observe, and analyse their surroundings. The number of applications is continuously expanding and their needs are wide and varied. Due to the increasingly demanding performance requirements of these machine vision systems, there is almost always a need for more resolution.
OmniVision and Arm show automotive sensor at AutoSens
16 September 2019
OmniVision Technologies will be showing an automotive camera module at the AutoSens conference in Brussels from 17 to 19 September, built using OmniVision’s OX03A1Y image sensor with an Arm Mali-C71 image signal processor
Teledyne e2v’s Flash sensor
New 3D sensor from e2v; Omnivision shrinks global shutter pixels
3 September 2019
Teledyne e2v has launched its Flash CMOS sensor family for 3D laser profiling, while Omnivision Technologies introduced a global shutter sensor with 2.2µm pixels
SWIR and depth sensors up for Laser World of Photonics award
12 June 2019
Trinamix, SWIR Vision Systems and Emberion have been shortlisted within the imaging and sensors category of Laser World of Photonics’ first innovation award
Graphene sensor at Laser Munich to lower cost of SWIR imaging
10 June 2019
Graphene Flagship partner, Emberion, is launching a VIS-SWIR graphene photodetector at Laser World of Photonics. The technology has been shortlisted for an innovation award at the Munich trade fair
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