Modified Internal Gate (MIG) Technology in Security and Surveillance Applications

Updated Sep 26, 2012 In security and surveillance applications identifications is often done from a stored video stream. Especially in the low light outdoor applications the signal-to-noise ratio in single video frames is often too low for identification. However, one can look after periods in the stored video stream when the subject remains more or Read the Rest…

Nokia 808 PureView Camera – Yes There is Also a Phone Feature

Nokia’s new PureView Pro imaging technology was announced today at Mobile World Congress. The first phone including this technology is Nokia 808 PureView which has pretty amazing camera specs, Carl Zeiss optics, 41 MP sensor with 1.4 micron pixel size (White paper here). There has been some debate whether or not anyone needs 41 MP Read the Rest…

Image Sensor Simulator

There are multiple low light applications that need or benefit from multiple readouts taken during a long exposure time. With present destructive CDS readout technology, sampling multiple times means that the read noise increases compared to a single exposure image. With Pixpolar’s non-destructive CDS readout it is finally possible to sample as often as needed Read the Rest…

Low Light Imaging

Todays digital cameras produce pictures with amazing image quality, but only if there is enough light. In low light situations, taking good looking pictures becomes really challenging. Often you can see camera manufacturers telling how good performance their new camera product has in low light. It’s because that’s the area where they have most room Read the Rest…