Mantis Vision's CTO, Gur Bittan presents "Mobile Depth Sensing Methods and What They're Good For" at GPU Technology Conference...
InSilixa Presents DNA Testing Sensor
EETimes: InSilixa comes out of stealth mode with a promise to deliver a cheap DNA testing technology PCR by means of 32...
Olympus Proposes 2-Layer RGB-IR Sensor
Egami blog publishes Olympus Japanese patent application 2014-135535 proposing a 2-layer RGB-IR sensor. The main purpose...
iFixit Reveals Mantis Vision 3D Camera inside Google Project Tango Tablet
iFixit teardown shows that Mantis Vision structured light camera is responsible for Google Project Tango tablet 3D vision....
ON Semi Defines Post-Acquisition Aptina Organization
Business Wire: ON Semiconductor announces the completion of its acquisition of Aptina Imaging. ON expects to establish a...
ESPROS Improves its ToF Evaluation Kit
Espros Photonics presents an improved version of the evaluation kit for its epc610 ToF sensor:"The new epc610 Evaluation...
Taiwan LIPS Presents ToF Stereo 3D Camera
As written in comments to the previous post, Taiwan-based LIPS posted Youtube videos demoing a 3D camera based on combination...
Richard Crisp on 3D Imaging
Image Sensors Americas conference publishes an interview with Richard Crisp from Etron on future of 3D imaging. Few quotes:"I...
IMEC CMOS Imagers with Embedded CCD
Sensors Online published IMEC's Piet De Moor article "CMOS Imagers with Embedded CCD." Few quotes:"Imec developed a CMOS...
Aptina Shipped 50M Automotive Sensors in 10 Years
Aptina has shipped 50 millionth image sensor for automotive systems. The company estimates that nearly one in every two...
Nikkei: Sony Aims to Capture 50% of Automotive Sensor Market, Prepares Sensor with 10x Sensitivity
Nikkei says that Sony has developed a sensor for automotive applications, which is "10 times as sensitive to light as existing...
Omnivision Gets $1.64B Takeover Offer
Fox Business News, Seeking Alpha, WSJ, Barron's: Omnivision says it received a $1.64 billion takeover offer from a Chinese...
4.4 Tera-fps Camera
Nature Photonics publishes a paper from a number Japanese universities and research centers showing 450x450 pixel imaging...
Image Sensors in HVAC System
Why would HVAC system need an image sensor? Trane International's patent application US20140217185 "HVAC System With Camera...
Image Sensor Americas Interviews
Image Sensor Americas conference publishes tow new interviews on its site. Forza Silicon CTO Daniel Van Blerkom talks about...
Aptina Announces Automotive SoC with De-Warp Functionality
Business Wire: Aptina is in mass production of the ASX344AT SOC for backup cameras. The 1/4-inch, 5.6um pixel VGA resolution...
Image Sensors in Optical Supercomputer
Laser Focus: UK, Cambridge University spin-off, Optalysys says that it is only months away from launching a prototype optical...
Automotive Cameras as a Next Big Market
Reuters publishes an article on automotive camera market potential, largely based on views of Mcnex, Korea's biggest car...
CMOSIS Acquires AWAIBA
CMOSIS has acquired Swiss AWAIBA Group (including its Portugal and Germany branches). AWAIBA develops and markets innovative...
SK Hynix Presents 21MP Sensor for Smartphones
Korea IT Times: SK Hynix aims to expand its image sensor sales to Chinese smartphone makers. In the past, SK Hynix has focused...
Pixart Q2 2014 Results
Pixart reports its Q2 2014 results. The revenues of NT$1.26B (~$41.97M) are 5.5% higher than the previous quarter and 8.3%...
SPIE IE Image Sensors and Imaging Systems Session in Danger
SPIE Electronic Imaging 2015 Image Sensors and Imaging Systems session is in danger. The session committee was supposed...
Apple Proposes Stacked Sensor with Vertical TG
With a proliferation of FinFETs and other 3D devices, it's just a matter of time to see them adapted in image sensors. Apple...
Himax Imaging Quarterly Update
Himax reports its Q2 2014 results. The company says on the image sensor business status:"Shipment of low-end CMOS image...
High Speed Camera Market
Business Wire: "High Speed Camera Market by Usage, Component, Accessory, Application & Geography - Global Trends &...
Toshiba Announces 8MP 1.12um Pixel Sensor.
Business Wire: Toshiba announces T4KA3, an 8MP, 1.2um BSI pixel CMOS sensor for smartphones and tablets. The 1/4-inch T4KA3...
Omnivision Proposes Hard Mask in CFA Manufacturing
Omnivision's patent application US20140210028 "Color filter including clear pixel and hard mask" by Gang Chen, Duli Mao,...
Sound from 60fps Video
MIT News: MIT, Microsoft and Adobe team presents SIGRAPH 2014 paper describing a way to extract sound from an object micro-vibrations...
Slanted Edge Method Improvements
Albert Theuwissen publishes a next post in "How to Measure MTF" series. This one talks about the improvements of slanted...
e2v to Acquire Anafocus for up to 34.2M Euros
RTT News, Business Weekly, Optics.org, Electronics Weekly: e2v is to acquire Seville, Spain-based Innovaciones Microelectronicas...
Aptina Completes CFA Fab Acquisition
Business Wire: Aptina has completed the purchase of CFA processing and imager probe assets from Micron. Following the purchase,...
Sony Reports CMOS Sensor Sales Growth, Updates Yearly Targets
Sony posts its quarterly results and reports a significant image sensor sales increase and a camera module production launch:Sony...
Samsung Files for Lightfield Imager Patent
Samsung patent application US20140204183 "Photographing device and photographing method for taking picture by using a plurality...
Cambridge Mechatronics Announces First OIS Customer
Cambridge Mechatronics Ltd. (CML) announces that the first customer for its smart metal alloy (SMA) OIS actuators is Foxconn....
Workshop on CMOS Active Pixel Sensors for Particle Tracking
University of Bonn, Germany conducts Workshop on CMOS Active Pixel Sensors for Particle Tracking (CPIX14) on Sep. 15-17,...
Mobileye IPO Values Company at $5.31B
Reuters: Mobileye's NYSE IPO on Aug. 1st values the vision-based ADAS company at about $5.31 billion, higher than planned....
Imaging at Confab 2014
The Confab Conference held in June 2014 has few mentions about imaging. Subramani Kengeri, Global Foundry VP of Advanced...
Movidius Announces its 2nd Gen Vision Processor
Marketwired: Movidius announces Myriad 2, the next generation of its vision processor unit (VPU) SoC. Compared to Myriad...
TI Structured Light 3D Imaging Reference Kit
TI presents a reference design of structured light 3D camera based on its DLP project...
Interview with Terry Gilton
Image Sensors Americas 2014 web site publishes an interview with Terry Gilton, Aptina VP of Advanced Technology. Few quotes:Q:...
ISORG Presentation
ISORG published its presentation at Printed Electronics Show held in April 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Few slides talking about...
Amazon Fire Phone Teardown Confirms Omnivision Inside
EETimes: Amazon Fire Phone teardown confirms that Omnivision image sensors used for the "Dynamic Perspective" feature. Other...
2nd Session of 2014 Imaging Forum Announced
Albert Theuwissen announces that as the 1st session of 2014 Solid State Imaging Forum is almost sold out, the 2nd session...
Pelican Imaging 3D Viewer
Pelican Imaging publishes an on-line 3D viewer of the real pictures taken by its array camera. Users can change the amount...
150MP HDR Sensor Thesis
Delft University publishes MSc thesis "The Design of a Stitched, High-dynamic Range CMOS Particle Sensor" by Jiaqi Zhu....
Rumor: Sony to Announce 22MP Curved Sensor for Mobile Applications
Sony Alpha Rumors quotes Chinese cnBeta site with specs of the first Sony curved image sensor - a 22MP 2/3-inch IMX271SMK...
Sony Invests More in Stacked Sensors Production
Sony plans to invest 35 billion yen in its Nagasaki Technology Center ("Nagasaki TEC") and Kumamoto Technology Center ("Kumamoto...
Mobileye Plans IPO at $3.8B Valuation
Reuters, Globes: Mobileye, a maker of vision & camera-based ADAS systems starts the roadshow for NYSE IPO of $500M at...
FLIR Announces Availability of its Low Cost Thermal Imager
Marketwired: FLIR announces that the FLIR ONE thermal imaging accessory for smartphones will be available on July 23 for...
DALSA on CMOS Sensors Today and Tomorrow
Spectronet publishes Teledyne-DALSA presentation "CMOS Today & Tomorrow." Few slides from the presentati...
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