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Full blog article here:  https://www.techinsights.com/blog/apple-iphone-14-image-sensor-preliminary-analysis

- Real-time point cloud and depth map. - Resolution: 240x180@30fps on RPI4/CM4 - Up to 4M measuring distance - Onboard 940nm laser for both indoor & outdoor uses, no external light source needed. - V4L2-based video kernel device - C/C++/Python SDK for userland depth map output and example source code - ROS ready - 38 x 38mm board size Kickstarter link:  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arducam/time-of-flight-tof-camera-for-raspberry-pi

From the VISION 2022 exhibition in Stuttgart: https://www.messe-stuttgart.de/vision/en/visitors/exhibitor-index#/408938/news/news.8e4a0ca4-5e68-418c-9f12-22b682433854 AlpsenTek® launches the ALPIX-Eiger™, a fusion vision sensor for high-end imaging  AlpsenTek®, a leading developer of fusion vision sensors, announced the launch of the ALPIX-Eiger™ fusion vision sensor chip, specifically designed for high-end imaging applications. Using the original patented Hybrid Vision™ fusion vision technology, ALPIX-Eiger™ enables the fusion of image sensing and event sensing at the pixel level, making the simultaneous output of both image and event streams possible. ALPIX-Eiger ™ is a patented chip architecture and pixel design with advanced 3D stacking and BSI back-illuminated/backlight technology. With a pixel size of just 1.89µm×1.89µm and a resolution of 8.0 megapixels, it is the smallest pixel size and highest resolution image sensor with event-aware capabilities in the industry. It offers...

Recent EE Journal article suggests that the 2nd generation time-of-flight proximity sensor from STMicro uses metalenses designed by Metalenz, a Harvard spinoff. Original article here: https://www.eejournal.com/article/time-of-flight-sensors-trilobites-and-tunable-optics-what-an-unlikely-combo/ Some excerpts below: Time of Flight Sensors, Trilobites, and Tunable Optics – What an Unlikely Combo! STMicroelectronics has added a new member to its line of VL53 FlightSense TOF (time of flight) distance/ranging sensors, but this new sensor takes a radical departure from the previous generation by replacing a conventional lensing system with metalenses, developed in conjunction with a startup company called Metalenz and based on technology originally developed in a Harvard University metamaterial lab. According to Metalenz, this is the first commercial product to incorporate its metalens technology. The resulting TOF sensor can achieve more than double the range – as much as 4m in indoor settin...

Optics.org news:  https://optics.org/news/13/9/18 13 Sep 2022 Yole Intelligence says that Sony is looking to consolidate its leading position as the market begins a new growth cycle. Analysts at Yole Intelligence, the France-based research market company, are predicting that the market for CMOS image sensors is about to begin a new phase of growth - and will be worth more than $31 billion by 2027. If correct, it would represent a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 7 per cent, with the sector recovering from a slump caused by US sanctions on Chinese vendors. That rate of growth is expected to be propelled primarily by applications in smart phones - the largest single end market for the devices - as well as emerging use cases in the automotive sector and security imaging. Solid growth Yole says that the market for CMOS image sensors grew nearly 25 per cent in 2019 - with buyers partly responsible for creating a bubble as they stockpiled devices in advance of those sanctions...

Original news article: https://www.autonomousvehicleinternational.com/news/sensors/lumotive-secures-funding-for-lcm-beam-steering-chips.html Lumotive secures funding for LCM beam steering chips Lumotive, which is developing its Light Control Metasurface (LCM) beam steering chips, says it has secured a round of strategic funding led by Samsung Ventures. The investment includes contributions from new, strategic investors such as Himax Technologies, as well as Bill Gates, Quan Funds and MetaVC Partners. Lumotive is planning to use the funding to accelerate the development and customer delivery of optical semiconductor devices that enable the next generation of lidar sensors. More than two dozen companies are currently engaged with Lumotive to utilize the high-performance, small-form-factor LCM chips to develop next-generation systems for autonomy, automation and augmented reality (AR) markets. “Our optical semiconductor solutions are making it possible for a number of markets to quickly a...

FLIR has published an updated version of their "periodic table" of machine vision sensors: https://www.flir.com/discover/iis/machine-vision/sensor-periodic-table/ The full table features CCD and CMOS image sensors across various manufacturers including Sony, e2v, Onsemi, SHARP, Canon, CMOSIS, OmniVision, Gpixel and Aptina.   Updated for 2022 - The Teledyne machine vision sensor periodic table is a useful resource for system designers looking to quickly compare sensor specifications including resolution, pixel size, frame rates and optical formats. Now with more than 100 widely used machine vision sensors including third generation Sony Pregius, fourth generation Sony Pregius S, e2v, onsemi, OmniVision, CMOSIS, and GPixel, this periodic table also visually differentiates CCD, CMOS rolling and CMOS global shutter sensors.   With so many sensors to choose from, we understand that it could be tricky to keep track of them. This handy resource organizes currently available machine ...