Livox goes though a learning cycle that incumbent LiDAR companies like Velodyne went a long time ago:"After hearing from end-users about their specific needs, we’re releasing three new Livox Mid Series firmware for special application testing.

Zurich University paper "Event-based Vision: A Survey" by G. Gallego, T. Delbruck, G. Orchard, C. Bartolozzi, B. Taba, A. Censi, S. Leutenegger, A. Davison, J. Conradt, K. Daniilidis, D.

Semiconductor Engineering publishes a nice article on photoresist operation in EUV photolithography systems used in advanced processes.

BAE Systems' Sensor Solutions is launching Athena1920 full HD (1920x1200) thermal camera core.

KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden publishes a PhD Thesis "Silicon Carbide High Temperature Photodetectors and Image Sensor" bu Shouben Hou."Silicon Carbide (SiC) has the advantages of ultraviolet (UV) sensing and high temperature characteristics because of its wide band gap.

Sony publishes an article "Perspectives from the creators of the image sensor “microcosm”" with interviews with the IMX586 CMOS sensor designers.

BusinessWire: Ambarella introduces the S6LM camera SoC for both professional and home security cameras. The S6LM includes Ambarella’s latest HDR and low-light processing technology, 4K H.264 and H.

9th Fraunhofer IMS Workshop on CMOS Imaging to be held in Duisburg, Germany on May 7-8 2019, publishes its agenda:"After a series of very successful workshops since 2002 we are happy to announce our 9th workshop on CMOS Imaging, a forum for the European industry and academia to meet and exchange the...

Swiss startup aiCTX announces a fully-asynchronous event-driven neuromorphic AI processor for low power, always-on, real-time applications. DynapCNN opens new possibilities for dynamic vision processing, bringing event-based vision applications to power-constrained devices for the first time.

PRNewswire: DSI pixel is the next-generation sensor technology provided by SmartSens that has better performance, faster time to market and higher cost effectiveness, compared to previous technologies.

Owners of the Canon EF 135mm f2L USM consider it a legend, but can a 23 year old lens really compete with a modern design? Ben Harvey pitches the blisteringly-sharp Sony FE 135mm f1.8 GM against his beloved Canon to find out.

Synopsys demos vision functions of its ARC EV6x Embedded Vision Processor IP:Photron explains operation of its 6D marker and the accompanying software:Light.

The Panasonic Lumix G90 / G95, is a mid-range mirrorless camera based on the Micro Four Thirds standard, with a 20 Megapixel sensor, built-in stabilisation, a viewfinder, fully-articulated touchscreen, and unlimited 4k recording.

LFoundry and SMIC announce that they have entered into a binding agreement to sell LFoundry to Jiangsu CAS-IGBT Technology Co., Ltd. The transaction also includes LFoundry and SMIC groups in Bulgaria.Jiangsu CAS-IGBT Technology Co., Ltd.

SonyAlphaRumors publishes a rumor of new Sony 102MP full-frame sensor capable of 6K video at 30fps frame rate:"2.91um pixel architecture, 100MP @ 10fps, 6K video using 12bit ADC with on-chip binning/line-skipping. 4K RGB 4:4:4 video with on-chip colour-aware binning.

KoreaHerald reports that Samsung and Hynix are increasing their efforts to expand their image sensor market share:"President Moon Jae-in most recently ordered immediate measures to raise the domestic semiconductor industry’s competitiveness in the non-memory field at a state affairs meeting, sayin...

Caeleste publishes a link to slides on European Space Agency programs and budgets on image sensor technology development.

March 2019 issue of NHK STRL R&D Journal devoted to imaging devices being developed by the company:Dark Current Reduction In Crystalline Selenium-Based Stacked-Type CMOS Image SensorsShigeyuki IMURA, Keitada MINEO, Kazunori MIYAKAWA, Masakazu NANBA, Hiroshi OHTAKE And Misao KUBOTAThere is a poss...

Zurich University publishes a video explanations of its paper "Events-to-Video: Bringing Modern Computer Vision to Event Cameras" by Henri Rebecq, René Ranftl, Vladlen Koltun, and Davide Scaramuzza to be presented at IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Long Beach, Jun...

GlobeNewswire: Teledyne e2v announces samples availability of Lince11M sensor half a year after the original announcement. Lince11M is designed for applications that require 4K resolution at very high shutter speed. This standard sensor combines 4K resolution at 710 fps in APS-C format.

EETimes publishes SystemPlus teardown results of Huawei P30 Pro flagship smartphone:"Separating Huawei P30 Pro, more than anything else though, is its use of quad cameras. The new smartphone literally has four cameras.

Hillhouse Technology Singapore has been renamed to CelePixel Technology and relocated to Shanghai, China.

Digitimes: Kingpak packaging house reports its Q1 revenues sequential growth of 15.8% and annual increase of 8.8%. The company utilization rate has rises sharply due to large orders from ON Semi and Sony.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 SoC is said to improve its AI capabilities over the previous generation:"Snapdragon 665 is loaded with advanced AI capabilities to enhance your daily life.

PRNewswire: OmniVision announces the OV2778 automotive image sensor, which is said to provide the best value of any 2MP RGB-IR sensor for cabin- and occupant-monitoring, such as detecting packages and unattended children.

ALA News: ULIS launches Atto640, a 60fps VGA 12um pixel thermal image sensor for reduced overall size and cost of the camera.

Sony publishes new videos explaining its polarization image sensors and showing some example pictures, such as Paris in polarized light:

Framos presents the results of its study of Industrial Cameras and Vision Systems Market and Trends:

PRWeb: Introspect Technology releases its SV4D Direct Attach MIPI Test Module that enables at-speed production testing for MIPI C-PHY or D-PHY transmitter or receiver interfaces.

1mW always-on imaging becomes quite a popular topic. TinyML Summit held in Sunnyvale, CA on March 20-21, has a number of presentations on that.

Image Sensors Europe conference held in London, UK on March 13-14, 2019 has a couple of interesting messages:Mantis Vision reports that smartphone 3D cameras based on structured light approach has been largely rejected by the market due to a large display "notch" needed for stereo base:Amazon asks a...

Neuromorphic Vision paper claims that event-based sensors can detect faces with much lower power: "High Speed Event-based Face Detection and Tracking in the Blink of an Eye" by Gregor Lenz, Sio-Hoi Ieng, and Ryad Benosman.

MDPI paper "Quasi-static Analysis Based on an Equivalent Circuit Model for a CMOS Terahertz Plasmon Detector in the Subthreshold Region" by Ju-Hee Son and Jong-Ryul Yang from Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Korea, claims that sub-threshold-biased nmos transistor in 0.

MDPI paper "Front-Inner Lens for High Sensitivity of CMOS Image Sensors" by Godeun Seok and Yunkyung Kim from Dong-A University, Busan, Korea propose dual-side microlens for small pixels:"Due to the continuing improvements in camera technology, a high-resolution CMOS image sensor is required.

VLSI Symposia to be held in June this year in Kyoto, Japan, publishes its agenda with many image sensor papers:A 640x640 Fully Dynamic CMOS Image Sensor for Always-On Object Recognition,I. Park*, W. Jo*, C. Park*, B. Park*, J. Cheon** and Y. Chae*, *Yonsei Univ.

Semiconductor Engineering publishes a nice article on photoresist operation in EUV photolithography systems used in advanced processes.

PRNewswire: SRI International has received an award to deliver digital night vision camera prototypes to support the U.S. Army's IVAS (Integrated Visual Augmentation System) program.

Sony exhibition at Milan Design Week devoted to AI and robotics funture is based on the company's ToF and stereo vision technologies:"Sony's leading image sensor technologies are used in the exhibits of "Affinity in Autonomy".

Sony publishes an article "Perspectives from the creators of the image sensor “microcosm”" with interviews with the IMX586 CMOS sensor designers.

The Canon EOS 250D / Rebel SL3 is a compact DSLR aimed at first-time buyers looking for a step-up from the cheapest models. You get a 24MP APSC sensor, optical viewfinder, fully-articulated touchscreen and mic input, and while the 4k is limited, the 1080 enjoys great autofocus.

Fraunhofer IMS shows its CSPAD-based flash LiDAR camera. CSPAD detectors are CMOS integrated SPADs with on-chip readout circuits. The implementation in a standard CMOS process allows cost efficient manufacturing and the design of compact sensors for applications that require high resolution imagers.

There are few more photos published on Twitter from Huawei P30 and P30 Pro presentation on CYYB CFA:IFNews quotes Cowen Research comparing camera BOM in flagship smartphones.

FBK publishes a video on SUPERTWIN project - the European entangled light super-resolution microscopy program:

VisionSystemDesign: Omnivision OS02C10 1080p HDR CMOS sensor won Vision Systems Design's Silver Innovator's Award. The OS02C10 has 2.9 µm pixel with QE of 60% at 850 µm and 40% at 940 µm.

Lucid Vision Labs presents its Sony sensor-based polarization camera use cases:Fraunhofer IIS talks about polarization imaging applications too:

Arxiv.org paper "A Time-of-Flight Imaging System Based on Resonant Photoelastic Modulation" by Okan Atalar, Raphaël Van Laer, Christopher J. Sarabalis, Amir H.

ResearchInChina publishes a report on "ADAS and Autonomous Driving Industry Chain Report, 2018-2019– Automotive Lidar.

Globenewswire: Himax and its wholly-owned subsidiary Emza Visual Sense release their second generation “WiseEye IoT” intelligent vision solution. Compared to first generation solutions, WiseEye 2.

SystemPlus publishes "Mobile CMOS Image Sensor Comparison 2019:""Discover the comparative study to provide insights into the structure and technology of 28 CIS die in seven flagship smartphones from several major brands: the Apple iPhone X; Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus; Huawei P20 Pro; Huawei Mate 20 Pro;...

Photron publishes nice videos shot by its Crysta polarization camera: