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Sony Plans Software Subscription Future With Image Sensors

Sony_IMX500_Intelligent_Vision_SensorReuters reports that the sensor software “can be modified or replaced wirelessly without disturbing the camera.” Its uses include being “installed in security cameras where it can single out factory workers not wearing helmets, for instance, or be mounted in vehicles to monitor driver drowsiness.” Users can subscribe to the software via monthly fees or licensing, “much like how gamers buy a PlayStation console and then pay for software or subscribe to online services.”

Fierce Electronics reports that Sony VP of business and technology innovation Mark Hanson stated that, “our thinking was that if we could tackle the things that complicate the process at the edge, we will improve time-to-market for the customer at a lower cost.” Sony’s IMX500 image sensor is a logical extension of its existing image sensors that utilize backside illumination.”

Its AI processing capability came from placing the logic chips on the backside of the sensor “thereby giving the sensor more pixels to improve the light sensitivity.” After a “wide bus structure carries the data from the image sensor to the image signal processor (ISP),” the IMX500 also runs the signals acquired by the pixel chip through an ISP, with AI processing done in the process stage on the logic chip.”

See the full story here: https://www.etcentric.org/sony-plans-software-subscription-future-with-image-sensors/

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