Photoneo Presentation

Photoneo presentation at Vision Show in Stuttgart, Germany, on Nov. 6-8, 2018 shows its Parallel Structured Light 3D camera concepts:

Rumor: Sony Full-Frame 33MP 60fps Sensor is Coming

DIY Photography quotes EOSHD that Sony is working on IMX435 stacked full-frame sensor that is able to shoot 8K 60fps video with 12b ADC resolution:

Sony DepthSense ToF Technology

Lucid Vision Labs presents the results of its ToF camera based on Sony-Softkinetic IMX556 BSI sensor:

SWIR CQD Presentation

SWIR Vision System presentation at Vision Show 2018 details on its lower than InGaAs cost sensor mentioned in my previous post:

Thanks to TL for the pointer!

WCP on ADAS/AV Trends

Woodside Capital Partners release November 2018 update of its "Autonomous Vehicles Technology Report." A few interesting slides with somewhat pessimistic view on the automotive LiDAR short term prospects:

Yole Interviews XenomatiX CEO

Yole Developpement analyst Alexis Debray publishes an interview with Filip Geuens, CEO of LiDAR maker XenomatiX. Some interesting quotes:

"We see 2 main categories in the market: global illumination LiDARs (also called flash LiDAR) and scanning-beam LiDAR. The scanning can come from an optical phase array or from a rotating mirror, oscillating mirror or other mechanical device.
Our XenoLidar does not fit in any of these 2 categories. XenoLidar uses multi-beam. Just like global illumination, we measure the scene in one shot and with high resolution, but in a much more efficient way as we only need a fraction of the energy a flash system needs. This actually translates into the fact that we can cover a much larger range for the same energy.

In the end it is a balancing exercise. We believe we have the best mix of what is critical for automotive in terms of cost, reliability, resolution, efficiency and size (in order of importance).

Today, an important bottleneck is the lack of decision taking. Many people get confused by the diversity of make-believe solutions and by initiatives that failed to deliver on their promises. That is slowing down adoption. Too many parties are sitting on the fence and waiting for a leader to pick a solution.

We deal with this by putting evidence on the table. Being able to back-up performance statements with functional products is our response. However, early adopters are still needed to help the technology to mature further, moving from technology level to application level."

Fraunhofer Vision SoC vs Event-Based Sensors

Fraunhofer presentation at the Vision Show held in Stuttgart, Germany, on Nov 6-8, 2018 offers a different approach to the data minimization in machine vision applications. To simplify the use, Fraunhofer embedded vision sensor even offers Python language-like scripting interface:

Prophesee too presented its Event-Driven Sensor at the Vision Show:

Thanks to TL for the pointers!

ST Automotive HDR GS Sensor Presentation

ST presentation "Automotive In-cabin Sensing Solutions" by Nicolas Roux details the company's GS HDR sensor technology, including the dual ADCs and dual pixel memory:

Call for Nominations for 2019 Walter Kosonocky Award

International Image Sensors Society calls for nominations for the 2019 Walter Kosonocky Award for significant advancement in solid-state image sensors.

The Walter Kosonocky Award is presented biennially for THE BEST PAPER presented in any venue during the prior two years representing significant advancement in solid-state image sensors. The award commemorates the many
important contributions made by the late Dr. Walter Kosonocky to the field of solid-state image sensors.

Founded in 1997 by his colleagues in industry, government and academia, the award is also funded by proceeds from the International Image Sensor Workshop. The award is selected from nominated papers by the Walter Kosonocky Award Committee, announced and presented at the International Image Sensor Workshop (IISW), and sponsored by the International Image Sensor Society (IISS).

The nominations for 2019 award should be sent to Rihito Kuroda, Chair of the IISS Award Committee, with a pdf file of the nominated paper (that you judge is the best paper published/ presented in calendar years 2017 and 2018) as well as a brief description (less than 100 words) of your reason nominating the paper. Nomination of a paper from your company/ institute is also welcome.

The deadline for receiving nominations is February 18th, 2019.

ZTE Nubia X Smartphone Reverses Multi-Camera Trend

Tom's Guide: ZTE Nubia X with dual display on the front and back eliminates the need in a front camera: the main rear camera is used for selfies too:

GSM Arena reports that one of the largest smartphone manufacturers Vivo is about to roll out a similar model with no separate selfie camera - NEX 2: