Pixel binning, a decades-old image processing technique used extensively in astronomy, combines neighboring pixel data to increase light sensitivity at the cost of resolution. This is analogous to ...

Samsung introduced the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge yesterday at Mobile World Congress with a tremendous amount of fanfare. While notable improvements such as the ability to withstand water, expandable ...

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 ...

If you’re shopping for a digital camera, sensor size is one of the first things you’ll hear about. Chances are you’ve seen terms like “crop sensor,” “full frame,” and “micro four-thirds” thrown around ...

The expanding use and importance of image sensors in safety-critical applications such as automotive and medical devices has transformed noise from an annoyance into a life-threatening problem that ...

Sony Semiconductor Solutions has introduced the LYTIA 901, a breakthrough 1/1.12-type, approximately 200-effective-megapixel, stacked CMOS image sensor ...

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 ...

Vision systems are rapidly becoming ubiquitous, driven by big improvements in image sensors as well as new types of sensors. While the sensor itself often is developed using mature-node silicon, ...