The 'bigger is better' motto is rampant in the camera industry, particularly when it comes to image sensors. Not only is a higher megapixel count a favorite with marketing departments, a physically ...

OmniVision, one of the leading developers of digital imaging sensors, has announced a new smartphone sensor that promises the highest dynamic range of any option currently on the market, as Digital ...

Delivering better image quality is a top challenge in all applications for image sensor manufacturers. Improvements in image sensors help design engineers enable advanced features for their automotive ...

Samsung Electronics has unveiled three new mobile image sensors, the ISOCELL HP9, ISOCELL GNJ, and ISOCELL JN5, which are tailored for smartphones' primary and secondary cameras. Samsung's latest ...

OmniVision Technologies, Inc. has unveiled is first image sensor with 100% phase detection coverage, thanks to its quad phase detection (QPD) autofocus technology. The OV50A image sensor features a 50 ...

Micron says its image-sensor division, now called Aptina, is more independent and responsive. Also new: better sensors and even smaller cell phone cameras. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 ...

Apple is moving forward with plans to bring a new type of image sensor with dynamic range levels approaching that of the human eye to future iPhones, according to a Weibo leaker. Last month, Apple ...

Apple has filed a patent for a new type of image sensor that could give future iPhones and other Apple devices the ability to capture photos and videos with dynamic range levels approaching that of ...

SHENZHEN, China & SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aptina, a leading provider of CMOS image sensor solutions to the industry’s popular, mainstream and high-end surveillance camera manufacturers ...

Thanks to CMOS technology, digital cameras are about to take better pictures. Micron Technology has produced a prototype 8-Mpixel CMOS image sensor that relies on a 1.75-µm pixel design to fit into ...

Modern manufacturing and logistics distribution centers need to increase productivity levels by increasing conveyor speeds and widening fields of view and working ranges. However, this is limited by ...