Aptina: smart phone CMOS image sensor applications ripening
Richard: With the growing popularity of online services available, and new applications are emerging, real-time reporting and exchange pictures and video of the conditions attached of course more and more. Although this makes the images and videos online explosion, and promoting greater use of smart phone camera, but this does not necessarily translate into smart camera image sensor increases, because of today’s smart phones are integrated camera, and many phone has two cameras. The impact of this trend is to highlight for consumers to capture images with very high fidelity, high-quality camera and video needs. In addition, we also see many new applications of the camera, that image data from the computer / systems analysis and processing, and not by the people to observe. We expect that such applications will be increased significantly.
Q: In the smart phone CMOS sensor advantages over CCD image is reflected in what?
Richard: Compared with CCD image sensor camera with CMOS image sensor of the camera smaller, lower power consumption, faster. In addition, CMOS image sensors can achieve a number of advanced features, such as integrated directly into the sensor chip image processing functions. Smart phone mobile phone OEM manufacturers hope to integrate more functions, and to ask to extend handset battery life and reduce costs,IC Components while the CMOS image sensor is just to meet these needs. With the continuous improvement of CMOS image sensors, CCD image sensor is indeed no longer have the advantage, which is almost 100% of smart phones using CMOS technology, the reason why.
Q: What has been, CMOS image sensor is considered the ruler of the field. As of now, CMOS and CCD technology in their respective areas of progress?
Richard: Yes, CMOS image sensor market is undoubtedly the dominant technology. With one or two stubborn market, all major markets have become the main imaging using CMOS image sensor. Still use CCD technology is dominated by card-type digital camera (DSC) and surveillance camera market. CMOS image sensor CCD image sensor has reached the same performance, but with less power consumption, lower cost, faster, and advanced features such as additional advantages, which push the digital cameras and video surveillance technology market began to shift from CCD CMOS technology. In fact, the digital camera market CMOS image sensors is expected to more than 2013 CCD image sensor. Technically, we see that pixel CMOS image sensor down to 1.1 microns, and use the latest technology, and in CCD technology, new investment, it has been reduced.
Q: In addition to consumer electronics, medical electronics you think the CMOS or the industrial applications in the development of potential?
Richard: To be sure, the current CMOS imaging technology used by all major imaging market. A lot of products using this technology, including: mobile phones, smart mobile phone cameras, notebook computers, netbooks, televisions, digital cameras, video game consoles and handheld game consoles, tablet PCs, surveillance cameras, integrated cameras and the Internet-type PC head, car camera, digital camera (DVC), digital SLR (DSLR) and no anti-interchangeable lens cameras, toys, personal media players, bar code scanners, medical equipment, broadcast-quality cameras and video conferencing equipment.
Of course, the majority of consumer electronics products, but also medical and industrial CMOS major application areas.
Q: Do you think the future of CMOS technology development trends?
Richard: In the CMOS image sensor technology, several innovations about to enter the mainstream, including high dynamic range (HDR) imaging technology that can capture high-fidelity low-light / low light areas of the scene, in bright Scene area also.
Application has been used for static shooting HDR applications, consumers will soon be time to experience some of the advanced technology based on microchip pic HDR applications. Another trend is to calculate the image (computationalimaging), the technology combines sophisticated imaging devices and image processing algorithms. Calculated using imaging camera can significantly reduce the thickness of the camera module to achieve the focus and other advanced post-capture applications.
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