The industry's first most compact 2MP RGB-IR global shutter image sensor, providing advanced ASIL functional safety, industry-leading near-infrared imaging performance, and low power consumption
Santa Clara, California — May 8, 2019 — OmniVision Technologies, Inc., the industry ’s leading developer of digital imaging solutions, today released a new multi-function single-camera automotive image sensor OV2312 . This versatile sensor reduces system costs, takes up less space, and saves energy in visual applications such as driver status monitoring and video conferencing.
"Due to the increased demand for driver condition monitoring, the global automotive image sensor market is expected to accelerate its growth." At the same time, said Thilo Rausch, OmniVision Product Marketing Manager, "At the same time, automotive designers are looking for the most cost-effective way to satisfy consumers Demand for applications such as video conferencing in the mainstream automotive field. By providing dual-mode sensors that combine human eyes and machine vision, we can help designers address both of these needs with one camera.
The ability to capture RGB and IR images with a global shutter (GS) sensor reduces the number of cameras and overall system cost. The OV2312 enables these dual-mode cameras to achieve images without motion artifacts at high resolutions of 1600 × 1300, 60fps and 1280 × 720, 90fps. In addition, since this is the smallest 2MP GS sensor of its kind, it is housed in a 7.2 x 6.1mm automotive chip-level package, and the camera can be placed out of sight of drivers and passengers.
In the absence of visible light, the OV2312 uses a 3.0-micron OmniPixel® 3-GS architecture, which provides industry-leading 14% near-infrared quantum efficiency at 940nm and excellent modulation transfer function (MTF). The sensor not only captures high-quality images required for driver's eye movement and gaze tracking when running in single mode at 60fps, but also reduces system power consumption and costs by using fewer IR LEDs. The sensor itself normally consumes only industry-leading 190mW. This greatly reduces the amount of heat generated, further ensuring the best sensor performance of an internal camera that operates continuously in tight spaces.
To further ensure the highest DSM performance while minimizing power consumption, the OV2312 can be synchronized with the on / off pulse of the system's infrared light source. In addition, its array size is 1600 × 1300 pixels, which can detect the driver regardless of the driver's height, seat position or the design of the cockpit of the vehicle.
OV2312 samples are available now and are AEC-Q100 Grade 2 certified for automotive applications. For more information, visit OmniVision at AutoSens Conference # 7 in Detroit from May 14-16. In addition, Boyd Fowler, CTO of OmniVision, will introduce RGB-Ir imaging of in-vehicle automotive applications at the show.