New Sensor Allows Smartphones to Reliably Freeze Action in Photos

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French startup Prophesee is teaming up with Qualcomm to deliver a new type of image sensor that they say would enable smartphones to capture and freeze fast action better than anything currently available.

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The multi-year agreement would allow Qualcomm to embed Prophesee’s technology into its chips. Qualcomm doesn’t make image sensors, so rather than replace existing ones that already come from other brands, the technology would step in when a photo is taken to deal with movement and light changes.

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The idea is to reduce the power, latency, and data processing necessary to help traditional frame-based sensors process otherwise invisible pixels. Prophesee’s Metavision sensors and algorithms are supposed to mimic how the human eye and brain work to remove motion blur and image artifacts.

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