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Analog Devices Adds Pipelined Vision Processor to its Blackfin DSPs

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Analog Devices introduces ADSP-BF608 and ADSP-BF609 Blackfin DSPs featuring a high performance video analytics accelerator, the Pipelined Vision Processor (PVP). The PVP is comprised of a set of configurable processing blocks designed to accelerate up to five concurrent image algorithms, enabling a...

Omnivision's Oslo Center Grows

LinkedIn records show that Omnivision's Oslo, Norway center grew to 9 employees. All employees are from Aptina's design center in Oslo, according to Linked...

Caeleste Whitepaper on X-Ray Photon Counting

Caeleste published a white paper on "Photon counting and color X-ray imaging in standard CIS technology".The 100x100um color X-ray pixel has quite complex functionality:The counters are charge-based analog...

Method for Autonomous picking of Paper Reels (Electronics Project)

Autonomous forklift handling systems is one of the most interesting research in the last decades. While research fields such as path planning and map building are taking the most significant work for...

Aptina Announces 3 New Security Sensors, Janus Reference Design

Business Wire: Aptina announces MT9M031 and MT9M021 image sensors integrating its smallest, high performance global shutter technology into a 1/3-inch optical format HD device. The 3.75 um global shutter pixel is said to have exceptional low light performance hand has no artifacts typically associated...

Sensors and Beer

Joachim Linkemann from Basler AG, Germany came with a nice presentation comparing pixels with a glass of beer:While we are at Basler, it recently published a whitepaper on "Are More Pixels Better?" in...

Micron Italy Presentation on Small Pixels

Gianluca Testa from Micron Italian fab presented "Moving to next generation sub-micron CMOS image sensor devices" at Sapienza Università di Roma Micro and Nano-Electronics workshop on Sept. 29-30, 20...

Himax Expands Wafer-Level Optics Capacity

PR Newswire: Himax has placed a repeat order for EV Group's (EVG) IQ Aligner UV nanoimprint lithography (UV-NIL) system. The IQ Aligner will be used to support Himax's capacity increase in the production of wafer-level cameras for mobile phones, notebooks and other consumer electronic devices, as well...

SK Hynix to Invest More in Image Sensors

Hynix got an investment from South Korean SK Group, changed its name to SK Hynix, and declared its "plans to further strengthen its mobile business such as ... CMOS Image Sensor following the new IT trend in view of the application shift from PC-based to the mobile-centere...

Google doodles Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's 126th birthday

New Delhi: The doodle on March 27 is the 27th Google doodle in the month of March. This marks the 126th birth anniversary of the German-born American architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Popularly known...

QIS Presentation Slides On-Line

As Eric Fossum mentioned in comments, his presentation from Image Sensors 2012 Conference is available on-line here. The presentation talks about possible paradigm shifts in image sensors, including QIS...

Image Sensor Tutorials

Blake Jacquot published a series of image sensor video tutorials at Youtube: Image Sensors Introduction and Image Sensor Noise Sources. Here is a small subset of them:Noise of single pixel 1 (Old version):Noise Single Pixel 2 (Old version):Noise in an array of pixe...

Image Sensor 2012 Conference Report, Part 4

Albert Theuwissen concludes his excellent reports from London, UK Image Sensor 2012 Conference. The last part covers Sony presentation on 1.12um pixel generation and a presentation on Quanta Image Sensor by Eric Foss...

Lattice Extends Sony, Panasonic Sensors Support

MarketWire: Lattice announces that it has released a bridge design to interface Sony IMX036/IMX136 image sensor to parallel input ISPs.The Lattice MachXO2-1200 FPGA interfaces directly to the subLVDS...

Sony UK Comments on Nokia 41MP Camera, Nokia Responds

TechRadar published Sony UK's Paul Genge comments on Nokia 808 camera-phone announcement:"It's quite clear it's a development announcement more than a retailable proposition, the technology is not new, it's only what our cameras have done for about a year now."Sony cameras use "pixel digital zoom",...

General alarm and loudspeaker system

Annex 3 (cf. section 20) General alarm and loudspeaker system 1. The general alarm system 1.1 The general emergency alarm system should be capable of sounding the...

International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 The current SOLAS Convention followed by an Annex divided into 12 Chapters.

International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 Adoption: 1 November 1974; Entry into force: 25 May 1980 The SOLAS Convention in its successive forms is generally regarded as the...

DxOMark Prizes Nikon D800 Sensor

DxOMark, possibly the biggest sensor database in the world, proclaimed Nikon D800 sensor being the best one that DxOMark ever analysed. The 4.7um-pixel, 36.8MP full-frame sensor has shown 14.4 stops DR,...

Difference between safety valve and relief valve

Difference bw safety valve and relief valve Relief Valve – is the term used to describe relief device on a filled vessel. For such a valve the opening is proportional to increase in the vessel...

SOME OF THE MAIN ENGINE SAFETY DEVICES FITTED IN THE MAIN ENGINE

Engine Safety devices The main engine safety devices are provided in the system to safe gaurd the main engine in case of any damage in the system Mainly are fitted in engine when all the alarm and...

Training at HIMT when i went for Advanced Courses for my class iv.

It's My own experience at the HIMT chennai in my training for class iv exams. AFF You will be attending for the 2 days of the theory and the other day going to kalpakam for the practicals. At kalpakam...

Why 2-stroke Engines are Used More commonly than 4-stroke on Ships?

Why 2-stroke Engines are Used More commonly than 4-stroke on Ships? When a ship is being constructed in a shipyard, the most important machinery that is to be selected is the main propulsion...

Request for question papers

Welcome to the marine notes ! My dear friends lets share the questions papers which we had with everyone..kindly send me email of questions papers which you would like to share with everyone email to: marinenotes4u@gmail.com It's...

MEO Class IV possessing Certificate of Competency

Class IV MEO Class IV possessing Certificate of Competency issued under the 'old' Rules are eligible to obtain Certificate of Competency of the same grade issued under the 'new' Rules after passing the...

Image Sensors 2012 Report, Part 3

Albert Theuwissen published third part of his report on IS2012 presentations. NHK, Rutherford Labs and ESO presentations are cover...

Pixpolar Presents MIG Pixel Simulations and Measurements

Pixpolar presented its MIG pixel simulation and measurement results. In this Youtube video the y-axis is the measured voltage and the x-axis is ti...

Image Sensors 2012 Report, Day 2

Albert Theuwissen continues reporting from from London, UK Image Sensors 2012 Conference. The report covers CEA-LETI, Aptina and Sony[-Ericsson] presentatio...

Research and Markets Updates its Global and Chinese CMOS Camera Module Industry Report

Research and Markets' updated Global and Chinese CMOS Camera Module Industry Report, 2011-2012 is composed of four parts: image sensor, Lens, Camera module and VCM.Image sensor offers the highest price among the four parts, with the cost roughly accounting for 30-50% of the entire CMOS camera module.In...

Cambridge Mechatronics Presents Smart Metal OIS Lens Barrel Shift (SOS)

Cambridge Mechatronics Ltd (CML) announced that it has made working prototypes of its latest Optical Image Stabilisation (OIS) and Continuous Autofocus (CAF) lens actuator design. CML's first OIS related...

Sony Announces IPELA - New HD + HDR ISP for Security Applications

Sony announces "IPELA ENGINE", capable of the industry’s first 130dB WDR in full HD quality at 30fps speed. The "IPELA Engine" is the general term of Sony's integrated signal processing system for high...

Yet Another Fast Sensor Application

MIT Camera Culture group published a paper proposing a way to see around the corners. MIT 3D range camera is said to be able to look around a corner using diffusely reflected light that achieves sub-millimetre depth precision and centimeter lateral precision. Youtube video shows its princip...

Fujifilm Redesigns Sensors Due to Excessive Blooming

Imaging Resource reports that Fujifilm intends to re-design its latest sensors due to excessive blooming. The sensors are used in Fujifilm X10 and Fujifilm X-S1 cameras. Fujifilm USA said that this redesigned...

Image Sensors 2012 Conference Report, Day 1

Albert Theuwissen reports from Intertech-Pira Image Sensors 2012 conference being held these days in London, UK.Nobukazu Teranishi of Panasonic talked about "Dark Current and White Blemishes" in sensors. After talking about different gettering techniques : internal gettering, external gettering and...

e2v Increases Sensors Production at TowerJazz

PR Newswire: e2v and TowerJazz announce the increased production of e2v's Ruby low light CMOS image sensors and the ELiiXA+ high speed multi-line scan camera using TowerJazz's CIS technology.Officially introduced in Q4 2011, the ELiiXA+ camera range and the Ruby image sensor family are demonstrating...

e-con Launches Stereo Camera Reference Design with TI OMAP and Aptina WVGA

PRWeb: e-con Systems an embedded design services company specializing in development of advanced camera solutions announces what is says to be the world’s first Stereo Vision camera reference design based...

Structural Analysis of a Washing Machine through its Loading Cases (Mechanical Project)

This project is focused in the determination of different loading cases and the application of their results to the optimization of two parts of a washing machine, the tripod and the front...

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