The NovoViz NV04ASC-HW Asynchronous photon-driven camera was developed for applications requiring high sensitivity and/or frame rate but with reduced output bandwidth.
The camera combines the benefits of a single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) camera, namely the single-photon resolution and fast operating speeds, with the benefits of an event camera – low output data rates.
64 x 48 SPAD pixels
100M fps
10ns resolution
Event-driven output
USB 3.0
Company profile: https://exhibitors.world-of-photonics.com/exhibitor-portal/2025/list-of-exhibitors/exhibitordetails/novoviz/?elb=178.1100.5785.1.111
More news coverage:
https://www.tokyoupdates.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/en/post-1551/
https://www.startupticker.ch/en/news/novoviz-wins-chf-150-000-to-advance-computational-imaging
These specs make no sense, unless it’s <<1% pixel activation (and still very challenging)…I guess, if there’re no pixels being activated, one can claim any framerate.
ReplyDeleteSorry, not from this field, anybody care to answer?
The USB3 point may be a bit confusing, it should reference the prototype camera. The other spec references the sensor.
DeleteThanks. What I meant was if the sensor operates with a single bit output (quanta imager), that framerate leads to 300Gbps data rate. If encoded (since event-driven) with 12bit (6 bit column/row), at 1% pixel activation it would also be 30Gbps. The low-data rate means what? It’s ok to compress it on the module…but what one is getting from the 100M fps? It would be great to see some application :)
DeleteYou are right. I've gotten the same result. I suppose the fps statement from the vendor targets more the extraordinary time resolution you could get with this sensor. It does not work with too many events at once.
ReplyDelete1/10ns = 100M. Marketing gimmick.
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