Sony Semicon develops 100MP FF sensor with 6K video

 https://www.eoshd.com/comments/topic/29330-sony-semicon-develops-100mp-ff-sensor-with-6k-video/

Huawei's car-level pre-installed mass-produced laser mine officially released: an annual output of 100,000 sets/line

 https://inf.news/tech/ee87e7bf7d5d118f86c3eb879f9f3d26.html

Huawei is going to make lidar@@

Generating ArUco markers with OpenCV and Python

 https://www.pyimagesearch.com/2020/12/14/generating-aruco-markers-with-opencv-and-python/

Development of an organic image sensor capable of separating light into three color components in the depth direction

 https://www.nhk.or.jp/strl/publica/bt/82/5.html

Imec Presents a Thin-Film Short-Wave-InfraRed Image Sensor with Sub-2µm Pixel Pitch

 https://www.imec-int.com/en/press/imec-presents-thin-film-short-wave-infrared-image-sensor-sub-2mm-pixel-pitch

high-resolution short-wave-infrared (SWIR) image sensor with record small pixel pitch of 1.82 µm

thin-film photodetector

ams Introduces the World’s Smallest Digital Camera Module

 https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201210005323/en/ams-Introduces-the-World%E2%80%99s-Smallest-Digital-Camera-Module

footprint of 1mm2 and weighs about 1g

320px x 320px

What is Perspective Warping? | OpenCV and Python

 https://medium.com/towards-artificial-intelligence/what-is-perspective-warping-opencv-and-python-750e7a13d386

HWK4123 Ultra low light image sensor

 https://www.fairchildimaging.com/products/scmos-sensors/hwk4123

Camera for Apple Watch

 https://wristcam.com/

Gpixel expands its GMAX Sensor Family to Include a 1” format 18 Megapixel Global Shutter Image Sensor

 https://www.gpixel.com/news/gpixel-expands-its-gmax-sensor-family-to-include-a-1-format-18-megapixel-global-shutter-image-sensor/

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

 https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2020/12/02/triple-down-future-photography-qualcomm-snapdragon-888

Sony ToF product

 https://www.sony-semicon.co.jp/e/products/IS/industry/product/ToF_products.html

What's SLVS-EC？

 https://www.sony-semicon.co.jp/e/products/IS/industry/SLVS_EC_technology.html

Single Microhole per Pixel in CMOS Image Sensor with Enhanced Optical Sensitivity in Near-Infrared

 https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.10624

I See You: Computer Vision Fundamentals

 https://medium.com/swlh/i-see-you-computer-vision-fundamentals-64cc662d0b05

New Sony promotional videos for their TOF, Polarsens and Swir sensors

 https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/new-sony-promotional-videos-for-their-tof-polarsens-and-swir-sensors/

SmartSens Launches Full Line of CMOS Image Sensors for Mobile Phones

 http://www.smartsenstech.com/siteweien/ennews/show-1070.html

Fine-Tuning Your H.264 Encodes

 https://streaminglearningcenter.com/blogs/lesson-of-the-week-fine-tuning-your-h-264-encodes.html

Image darning

 https://wordsandbuttons.online/image_darning.html

Best of Sensors Awards 2020 winners announced

 https://www.fierceelectronics.com/sensors/best-sensors-awards-2020-winners-announced

SWIR Keeping a Closer Eye on Driver Monitoring Systems

 https://trieye.tech/blog/swir_for_dms/

OmniVision, Ambarella and Smart Eye Partner on Automotive Industry’s First Combined Driver Monitoring and Videoconferencing Camera Solution

 https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201110005510/en/OmniVision-Ambarella-Smart-Eye-Partner-Automotive-Industry%E2%80%99s

European Union (through Euro NCAP) is requiring that all new cars sold in Europe have a driver monitoring system (DMS) camera by 2022

OV2312 the automotive industry’s only RGB-IR global shutter image sensor,ASIL functional safety, 14%@940nm

從心理學角度談「有效」的學習技巧

 https://www.darencademy.com/article/view/id/16743

Ambarella Introduces CV28M SoC With CVflow® to Enable New Categories of Intelligent Sensing Devices

 https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201102005225/en/

動態車牌辨識與EasyOCR

 https://chtseng.wordpress.com/2020/11/04/%E5%8B%95%E6%85%8B%E8%BB%8A%E7%89%8C%E8%BE%A8%E8%AD%98%E8%88%87easyocr/

Japanese Century Arks releases event-based camera

 https://www.imveurope.com/news/japanese-century-arks-releases-event-based-camera

Prophesee's neuromorphic vision sensor.

Xiaomi announces retractable lens technology for future smartphones

 https://www.dpreview.com/news/6977520432/xiaomi-announces-retractable-lens-technology-for-future-smartphones

Canon's new ML-100, ML-105 industrial cameras can reach ISO 4.5 million

 https://www.dpreview.com/news/1598799167/canon-announces-two-new-industrial-use-cameras-with-extreme-low-light-capabilities

19um 35mm full-frame CMOS sensor. The sensor can capture Full HD (1080p) with a subject illumination of less than 0.0005 lux when set to their maximum 75dB gain setting (equivalent to roughly 4.5M ISO)

Some New GS Sensor for Industry from Sony

 https://www.sony-semicon.co.jp/e/products/IS/industry/product.html

ToF Sensor From Samsung

 https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/isocell/vision-sensor/isocell-vizion-33d/

AprilTag with Python

 https://www.pyimagesearch.com/2020/11/02/apriltag-with-python/

SK Hynix Introduces Its First TOF Image Sensor

 https://english.etnews.com/20201028200003

10µm

QVGA

The Visual Evolution & Innovation of Image Sensors

 https://news.skhynix.com/the-visual-evolution-innovation-of-image-sensors/

diffraction effect

stack sensor

PDAF

Quad sensor

HDR 

小米行車記錄器 2

 https://www.kocpc.com.tw/archives/353381

OV OS05A10

2K

F1.8

NTD 1795

Contrast Detection Probability (CDP)

 https://www.image-engineering.de/library/image-quality/factors/1075-contrast-detection-probability-cdp?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Mail&utm_campaign=Newsletter_KW43/2020

A performance index for Automotive

https://www.imatest.com/docs/cdp/

The Insta360 ONE X2 is an image-stabilized 5.7K 360-degree camera that fits in your pocket

 https://www.dpreview.com/news/1716198057/the-insta360-one-x2-is-an-image-stabilized-5-7k-360-degree-camera-that-fits-in-your-pocket

Light Launches Industry-First Multiview Perception Platform Enabling Vehicles to See 1000 Meters with 20x Detail of Lidar.

 https://light.co/press-releases/industry-first-multiview-perception-platform

interesting but is it work well with low light, foggy, rainy condition?

MIPI Alliance and IEEE Sign Agreement to Bring Automotive SerDes Standard to Broader Ecosystem

 https://mipi.org/MIPI-IEEE-sign-agreement-to-bring-automotive-SerDes-standard-to-broader-ecosystem?utm_campaign=MIPI-IEEE-MoU&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=98460384&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZzLzUrAkfQmvlj_WQbqN4MuwJE9yaSNXZiaS2Z3imqzXDAzl4mGpZuBkjrMHAHX-2esyevIqZmClOwZBnkBI1V9ej3elECpgNIRYqAyibfzyTYCc&utm_content=98460384&utm_source=hs_email

MIPI A-PHY specification as an IEEE standard

THIS CRAZY TELESCOPE-CAMERA COMBO RAISES ALMOST $2 MILLION ON KICKSTARTER

 https://www.diyphotography.net/this-crazy-telescope-camera-combo-raises-almost-2-million-on-kickstarter/

A new CMY camera technology using Al-TiO2-Al nanorod filter mosaic integrated on a CMOS image sensor

 https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.11680

CMY Camera

Sony’s Latest Image Sensors and the Technologies that Lies Behind Them

 https://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/technology/stories/imagesensor7tech/

Intelligent vision sensors

ToF image sensors

Automotive image sensors

SWIR image sensors

BSI, stack, cu-cu bonding

Quantum Image Sensing

 https://www.seedeviceinc.com/technology

Canon U.S.A. Announces Three New Industrial Imaging Sensors

 https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/about/newsroom/press-releases/press-release-details/2020/20201019-product/20201019-product

the ultra-high-resolution LI8020 series, the ultra-high sensitivity LI3030 series, and the LI7050SAC. 

LI8020SAC/LI8020SAM

1.5 μm,250 million pixels

LI3030SAI/LI3030SAM

19 μm

LI7050SAC

4.1 μm, 2.12 million pixels

思特威全新发布130W像素全局快门图像传感器SC133GS

 http://www.smartsenstech.com/news/show-85.html

Global shutter

Single Exposure HDR

2.7μm像素及1/4″光学尺寸

QE>40%@940

約2.5億画素の超高解像度CMOSセンサー "LI8020SAC／LI8020SAM"を発売

 https://canon.jp/newsrelease/2020-10/pr-li8020sac-li8020sam.html

250 million pixels

Gpixel launches GSPRINT high-speed product family

 https://www.gpixel.com/news/gpixel-launches-gsprint-high-speed-product-family/

21 Megapixel

4.5μm

81 dB in dual gain HDR mode.

1000 fps at full resolution in 8-bit mode

OmniVision Unveils World’s First 1.0 Micron 64MP Image Sensor With Large Optical Format for Best Low Light Performance in High End Mobile Phones

 https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201013005438/en/OmniVision-Unveils-World%E2%80%99s-1.0-Micron-64MP-Image

1.0 micron,1/1.34",3-exposure, 4-cell HDR

Intel Realsense L515 MEMS-Based Solid-State LiDAR Camera

 https://www.systemplus.fr/reverse-costing-reports/intel-realsense-l515-mems-based-solid-state-lidar-camera/

The 3D sensor has a minimum depth of 0.25m. It can scan environments up to 9m wide with a resolution depth of up to 1024×768 at 30 frames per second (fps). 

It combines a conventional red/green/blue (RGB) color sensor, a near infrared LIDAR for 3D sensing. 

AR0234CS: 1/2.6-inch 2.3 Mp CMOS Digital Image Sensor with Global Shutter

 https://www.onsemi.com/products/sensors/image-sensors-processors/image-sensors/ar0234cs?utm_source=pr&utm_medium=press_release&utm_campaign=ar0234CS&utm_content=link-ar0234cs-page

Samsung details new 65/14nm stacked sensor design for improving power efficiency, density of mobile image sensors

 https://www.dpreview.com/news/2183540037/samsung-65-14nm-stacked-sensor-design-power-efficiency-density-mobile-image-sensors

Power consumption decline~~

Imatest Version 2020.2

 https://www.imatest.com/micro_site/imatest-2020-2/

Sony® Launches New IMX264M Polarization Sensor

 https://www.framos.com/en/news/sony-launches-new-imx264m-polarization-sensor

OmniVision Introduces World’s First Medical RGB-IR Image Sensor; Reduces Endoscope Size, Cost, Power and Heat by Half

 https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200929005515/en/OmniVision-Introduces-World%E2%80%99s-Medical-RGB-IR-Image-Sensor

OH02A1S—the world’s first RGB-IR Medical Sensor

1.4 micron PureCel® pixel architecture with 4x4 binning for the highest image quality

1080p (1920x1080) resolution at 60 frames per second

1/6-inch optical format

Arlo's Essential XL Spotlight camera can go a full year on a single battery charge

 https://www.engadget.com/arlo-essential-xl-spotlight-camera-223215168.html

power the device for 12 months on a single charge???

Ring Always Home Cam 是能幫你值守看家的小無人機

 https://chinese.engadget.com/ring-always-home-cam-drone-home-patrol-192318369.html

Camera Fundamentals Educational Notes

 https://www.princetoninstruments.com/learn/camera-fundamentals

Infrared detection basics

 https://www.lynred.com/e-learning/infrared-detection-basics

Understand the physics of infrared radiation. 

Be familiar with the different wavebands are and how they are used in different kinds of infrared detection scenarios. 

Be able to read and make sense of infrared sensor specification sheets.

Understand the different infrared technologies.

MIPI specifications in the Internet of Things

 https://mipi.org/mipi-white-paper-enabling-IoT

ENGINEERS AT MIT & UMASS LOWELL HAVE CREATED A COMPLETELY FLAT 1MM THICK FISHEYE LENS

 https://www.diyphotography.net/engineers-at-mit-umass-lowell-have-created-a-completely-flat-1mm-thick-fisheye-lens/

Its design is a type of “metalens” – a wafer-thin material with microscopic features to manipulate light in a way that traditional optics don’t. And it lets the lens shoot a 180° field of view with perfect sharpness.

The lens consists of just a single element, which is a 1 millimetre thick piece of glass. On one side it’s covered with tiny structures that scatter light in a very specific way so as to produce panoramic images in the same way that traditional fisheye lenses do.

Time-of-flight (ToF) basics

 https://www.melexis.com/zh/documents/documentation/application-notes/application-note-time-of-flight-basics

Release from Melexis

A leak in PRNU based source identification? Questioning fingerprint uniqueness

 https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.04878

The effectiveness of PRNU-based source identification on the most recent devices must be reconsidered?

THE NEW NEURALYZER-INSPIRED VECNOS IQUI 360° CAMERA IS FINALLY RELEASED

 https://www.diyphotography.net/the-new-neuralyzer-inspired-vecnos-iqui-360-camera-is-finally-released/

MIB??

GoPro Hero9 released

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYX6b1-9Coo&feature=youtu.be

New Gpixel Backside Illuminated 16.8M CMOS Image Sensor GSENSE4040BSI for High-end Scientific Applications

 https://www.gpixel.com/news/new-gpixel-backside-illuminated-16-8m-cmos-image-sensor-gsense4040bsi-for-high-end-scientific-applications/

Samsung Expands Advanced 0.7μm-Pixel ISOCELL Image Sensor Offerings for Wider Mobile Applications

 https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200914005939/en/Samsung-Expands-Advanced-0.7%CE%BCm-Pixel-ISOCELL-Image-Sensor-Offerings-for-Wider-Mobile-Applications

MIPI A-PHY v1.0 SerDes Specification for Automotive Now Available

 https://resources.mipi.org/blog/a-phy-serdes-specification-available?utm_campaign=Blog%20subscriber%20list%20building&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=95298152&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9119BnQw_rH2I1qROwaskJzrdCvWoGIsNvOWNhhscqBSL690uTbyFd_NXzzdnUzixl7Muk6-RWHr-EQDYsIh6fjNQvarv_jCCOHnzUCiOrFt-s8C0&utm_content=95298152&utm_source=hs_email

A-PHY v1.0 offers data rates as high as 16 Gbps at a range of up to 15 meters. A-PHY v1.1, already in development, will double the peak data rate to 32 Gbps, as part of a roadmap to 48 Gbps and beyond.

The Technology Behind Surround View Camera Systems

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7MNQpWNnwM

Some SVS info from ON

CANON HAS LAUNCHED A WEIRD MONOCULAR-STYLE COMPACT CAMERA – BUT ONLY IN JAPAN

 https://www.diyphotography.net/canon-has-launched-a-weird-monocular-style-compact-camera-but-only-in-japan/

12-megapixel telephoto images on a 1/3″ CMOS sensor with a 100-400mm full-frame equivalent field of view

Canon Develops New High-sensitivity CMOS Sensor for Network and Industrial Cameras that Enables Full-HD Color Video Capture in 0.08 lux Environments

 https://asia.canon/en/business/new-high-sensitivity-cmos-sensor-network-industrial-cameras/news

Canon announced LI7050,1/1.8-inch, 4.1 µm,wide dynamic range of 120 dB

Kameleon CMOS Sensor

 https://www.photonis.com/products/kameleon-cmos-sensor

and it's demo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud9LaeBxIWY

Three-layer Organic-film Color Image Sensor

 https://www.nhk.or.jp/strl/english/ibc2020/a3.html

Sony publish new sensor for industry

 https://www.sony-semicon.co.jp/e/products/IS/industry/product.html

ADI ToF Depth Sensing Technology: New and Emerging Applications in Industrial, Automotive Markets, and More

 https://www.analog.com/en/analog-dialogue/articles/adi-tof-depth-sensing-technology-enabling-new-and-emerging-applications-beyond-consumer.html#

Some info of cwTOF, pTOF~~

SmartSens Launches Two CMOS Image Sensors to Empower the Future of Intelligent Vehicles: SC100AT and SC410GS

 https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200831005675/en/SmartSens-Launches-CMOS-Image-Sensors-Empower-Future

Oppo shows off its next-generation optical zoom camera module with 85-135mm equivalent focal length

 https://www.dpreview.com/news/7666573079/oppo-next-generation-optical-zoom-camera-module-85-135mm-equivalent-focal-length

85mm to 135mm full-frame-equivalent focal length with an aperture range of F3.3 through F4.4.

32MP quad-bayer-like sensor

Why perceptual evaluation is essential for image quality testing

 https://www.dxomark.com/why-perceptual-evaluation-is-essential-for-image-quality-testing/

DxO publish an article about their perceptual evaluation of image quality.

Some item I have different opinion. for ex, 

Exposure

this is more like DR problem to me not necessary exposure problem.

Focus

Use if image is not blur of different system to judge focus. Some factor need to consider, for ex, Pixel of density, ISP Sharpen, denoise etc.

GoPro Hero 9 Black 曝光，最高5K錄製、語音控制、1720mAh電池

 https://tw.news.yahoo.com/gopro-hero-9-black-%E6%9B%9D%E5%85%89-100639146.html

GoPro Hero 9 Black 將會搭載一個 2000萬像素鏡頭，支援最高5K 30fps 

天文學家製作了世上第一個 32 億畫素的感光元件

 https://chinese.engadget.com/worlds-first-3200-megapixel-digital-photo-080038432.html

189 個 16MP 的 CCD 元件組裝而成

直徑 1.57 公尺的光學鏡片

新唐科技宣布完成對日本Panasonic Corporation半導體相關事業之併購

 https://www.nuvoton.com/news/news/all/TSNuvotonNews-000385/

NIST and ASTM Work to Define 3D Vision Standards

 https://metrology.news/nist-and-astm-work-to-define-3d-vision-standards/

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the US, together with standards body ASTM Committee E57, have released proceedings on a workshop, held late last year, to define standards for 3D imaging systems for robots in manufacturing.

https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ams/NIST.AMS.100-33.pdf

ADAS and AD Industry Chain Report, 2019-2020 -- LiDAR

 http://www.researchinchina.com/Htmls/Report/2020/45657.html

OmniVision and GEO Semi Launch Automotive Industry’s First Viewing Camera Solution to Simultaneously Provide 140dB HDR and Highest LED Flicker Mitigation

 https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200908005358/en/OmniVision-GEO-Semi-Launch-Automotive-Industry%E2%80%99s-Viewing

 For rear-view cameras (RVCs), surround-view systems (SVS) and e-mirrors.

OmniVision’s OX03C10, 3.0 micron pixel, high dynamic range (HDR) of 140dB for minimized motion artifacts, and the highest LED flicker mitigation (LFM) performance.

GEO GW5 CVP family’s

SmartSens Unveils SC500AI Next-Generation Image Sensor for Professional Security Market

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/smartsens-unveils-sc500ai-next-generation-image-sensor-for-professional-security-market-301098875.html

The SmartSens SC500AI addresses this shortcoming with 1620P 16:9 5MP video output in the same form factor.

Unispectral provides a miniature, low cost tunable NIR filter

https://www.unispectral.com/

Unispectral products are based on the Fabry–Pérot proven technology, whereby tuning an optical cavity enables selection of any wavelength within 700nm-950nm NIR wavelengths range.

Camera in display

https://www.microsoft.com/applied-sciences/projects/camera-in-display

The Perspective Problem

With transparent OLED displays (T-OLED), we can position a camera behind the screen, potentially solving the perspective problem. <--the h3="" solution="">

but it degrades image quality.

Image Recovery with U-Net address the image quality loss.

Improve Spatial factors by Image Segmentation, correct scale

Blackmagic Design Announces New Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 12K

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200716005951/en/Blackmagic-Design-Announces-New-Blackmagic-URSA-Mini

Beam Profile Analysis for 3D Imaging and Material Detection

https://trinamixsensing.com/news-events/blog/beam-profile-analysis-for-3d-imaging-and-material-detection/

TrinamiX introduced a novel technology called Beam Profile Analysis to both measure distance and obtain material features from projected laser spots.

Fujifilm develops high-performance multispectral camera system

https://www.fujifilm.com/news/n200709_01.html

Three-layer Organic-film Color Image Sensor

https://www.nhk.or.jp/strl/pdf/NEWS-e_20200706.pdf

Toshiba Develops AI with Three-Dimensional Recognition that Measures Distance Using a Commercially Available Monocular Camera with the Accuracy of a Stereo Camera

https://www.toshiba.co.jp/rdc/rd/detail_e/e1910_03.html

The World’s First SONY 1.3 MP Sensor SWIR Camera responding visible to SWIR

AVALDATA Corporation is pleased to release a wide-range, high-sensitivity ABA-013VIR SWIR camera adopting the SONY InGaAs SWIR image sensor which was released in May this year for the first time.

Loaded with SONY IMX990 image sensor, ABA-013VIR

New H.266 codec uses half the data to stream 4K video

H.266/Versatile Video Coding (VVC), it’s specifically designed for 4K and 8K streaming and reduces data requirements by around 50 percent compared to H.265 HEVC (high-efficiency video coding).

At the same time, the improved compression won’t compromise visual quality.