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Image sensor
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Innovative imaging tech shortlisted for Vision Stuttgart award
28 August 2018
Technology that advances 3D imaging, makes lenses more resistant to vibration, turns a CMOS camera virtually into a CCD, and makes SWIR imaging less expensive, are all innovations shortlisted for this year’s Vision Award, to be presented at the Vision show in Stuttgart
NEWS
Basler releases 1:1 replacement of discontinued Sony ICX618 CCD
9 July 2018
Basler has introduced a camera that it says is a direct one-to-one replacement of cameras that use Sony's discontinued ICX618 CCD sensor
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Enhanced time-of-flight: CMOS solution for automotive lidar
29 May 2018
After speaking at AutoSens Detroit on 16 May, Nadav Haas, product manager at Israeli firm Newsight Imaging, gives his opinion on why the company’s CMOS solution is a good fit for lidar sensing in autonomous driving
NEWS
On Semiconductor acquires SensL for lidar sensing tech
15 May 2018
On Semiconductor has acquired SensL Technologies, a producer of silicon photomultipliers, single photon avalanche diodes, and lidar sensing products
NEWS
Newsight and TowerJazz announce high-volume lidar CMOS production
10 May 2018
Israeli firm Newsight Imaging is to produce CMOS image sensors for high-volume automotive lidar markets using TowerJazz’s foundry in Israel
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Colloidal quantum dot sensor to disrupt SWIR imaging market
23 April 2018
Spin-out firm SWIR Vision Systems is to commercialise colloidal quantum dot infrared sensors, which, the company says, could displace InGaAs technology. Dr Ethan Klem, Allan Hilton, and George Wildeman from the company discuss the performance, fabrication, and cost trade-offs of CQD sensors versus InGaAs
NEWS
Ulis achieves four-fold speed increase for bolometer
12 April 2018
Ulis, a manufacturer of thermal image sensors, has announced a response time for its latest bolometer that is four times faster than standard bolometers
PRESS RELEASE
Preguis IMX250 sensor
10 April 2018
Sony Semiconductor Solutions releases its new Preguis IMX250 sensor with a four-directional polarisation square pixel array, providing higher contrast for more detailed pictures in less time
PRESS RELEASE
Xenics wins innovation award at Image Sensors Europe
10 April 2018
Xenics announces that it has been named the winner of the 'Biggest Innovator in the Image Sensor Industry' category at the Image Sensors Europe Awards 2018
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Machine vision technology is improving quality control in automotive manufacturing, writes Andrew Williams
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A combination of vision, sensor and deep learning technologies are creating extraordinary developments in retail, writes Matthew Dale
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Keely Portway investigates the latest advances in 3D vision equipment, and how they could open up new industrial imaging applications
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Greg Blackman speaks to Torsten Wiesinger at Lucid Vision Labs, one of the newest industrial camera manufacturers on the block