CMOS image sensor technology underpins a wide array of modern imaging applications, ranging from everyday digital cameras to specialised scientific instruments. This technology exploits complementary ...

Snake-inspired thermal vision is moving from the lab toward devices that look a lot like everyday cameras and phones. By ...

Sensor sensibility: Some of the biggest names in the history of digital image sensors who have made significant breakthroughs in CCD and CMOS sensors have collaborated on a history of the technology ...

The full-frame L-mount camera is the first to use a 44MP BSI CMOS sensor that reads out quickly enough to realize 40fps image capture and 8K video. Images, and the devices that capture them, are my ...

OmniVision, a company originally founded by Chinese students in Silicon Valley in 1995, initially gained recognition through its groundbreaking CMOS image sensors. Their claim to fame came with the ...

When sanctions hit Huawei, Sony, the original supplier of image sensors, halted their shipments, affecting both companies. Sony sought permission to resume supplies, but their relationship with Huawei ...

Cars need cameras that work fast, use little power, & see bright lights clearly. A sensor makes cameras smaller & adds smart parking detection.

Apple has generated significant buzz around the upcoming iPhone 18, with reports suggesting a major camera upgrade. Traditionally, Sony has been the exclusive s ...

A project at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory has developed a sensor chip suited in particular to enhanced imaging of neural activity. Described in Nature Communications, the chip ...

The image sensor is arguably the most important component in a digital video or still camera. But these sensors are also notoriously non-standardized. They tend to differ in the schemes used for: ...