Prophesee launches Event-Based Vision evaluation kit based on new IMX636ES HD sensor realized in collaboration between Sony and Prophesee.
First EVK for immediate evaluation of the industry’s only commercial-grade Event-Based Vision stacked sensor – featuring the industry’s smallest pixels and superior HDR performance – offered as ultra-light and compact HD Metavision® Evaluation Kit built to endure field testing conditions.
PARIS, April 13, 2022 – Prophesee today announced the availability of an ultralight, compact HD evaluation kit (EVK4) for developers of computer vision systems who want to start evaluation of the new Sony IMX636ES HD stacked Event-Based Vision sensor, realized in collaboration between Sony and Prophesee. The full-featured EVK provides computer vision engineers with an extensively tested solution for efficient technology onboarding and rapid application prototyping and development. The kit is natively compatible with free award-winning software from Prophesee. It also includes premium-level technical support and knowledge center access to application notes, advanced documentation, community forums and more.
Fig.1 Prophesee Metavision Evaluation Kit 4 – HD
The Sony IMX636ES features the industry leading 4.86μm pixel pitch and 1280 x720 pixel resolution, making it ideal for a wide range of vision-enabled use cases in industrial, mobility, consumer applications and more. This sensor was made possible through a collaboration between Sony and Prophesee, by combining Sony’s world-class CMOS image sensor technology with Prophesee’s unique Event-Based Metavision sensing technology. This enables high-speed, high-precision data acquisition and contributes to improve the productivity of industrial equipment.
Fig.2 SONY IMX636ES, realized in collaboration between Sony and Prophesee
The EVK comes with free award-winning Metavision® Intelligence Suite, a comprehensive set of software tools that facilitate efficient application development. It features 95 algorithms, 67 code samples and 11 ready-to-use applications and is augmented by a global Open-Source community of developers. This breadth of technology allows developers to quickly perform a variety of design exploration steps and efficiently incorporate customized software applications to meet specific market requirements.
“Interest in this Sony sensor, co-developed with Prophesee, has been extremely high and this EVK is the best way to start evaluating how the sensor performs for multiple use cases and market-specific machine visions systems,” said Luca Verre, co-founder and CEO of Prophesee. “This new EVK will enable computer vision engineers, integrators, and camera manufacturers to get a complete and accurate understanding of how to leverage the performance advantages offered by this innovative architecture, and tap into an expanding global community of more than 4,000 developers already working on Event-Based Metavision applications.”
Fig.3 Applications illustrations realized by Prophesee and customers
ABOUT THE EVK
Built from high-quality aluminum alloy, the EVK combines a lightweight 40g design with highly efficient heat dissipation, electrical isolation and overall casing shielding. Measuring just 30x30x36 mm, it can fit in the most space-constrained systems and is designed to withstand field testing conditions.
The kit has been extensively tested to ensure it will perform in a wide range of challenging industrial environmental conditions, including change of temperature, moisture, rough handling shocks and is designed to manage electrostatic discharge effectively.
The high precision engineering behind the kit ensures perfect optical alignment between the sensor, optical barrel and camera body. Developers can switch seamlessly between any C / CS mount compatible lens, from 8mm objective lens to microscope/telescope imaging ports.
Provided with the kits are a C-mount 1/2.5’’ lens, a C-CS lens mount adapter, tripod and USB–C to USB-A cable.
The EVK is available from Prophesee immediately.
Fig.4 EVK4 – HD kit content
ABOUT PROPHESEE
Prophesee is the inventor of the world’s most advanced neuromorphic vision systems.
The company developed a breakthrough Event-Based Vision approach to machine vision. This new vision category allows for significant reductions of power, latency and data processing requirements to reveal what was invisible to traditional frame-based sensors until now. Prophesee’s patented Metavision® sensors and algorithms mimic how the human eye and brain work to dramatically improve efficiency in areas such as autonomous vehicles, industrial automation, IoT, mobile and AR/VR. Prophesee is based in Paris, with local offices in Grenoble, Shanghai, Tokyo and Silicon Valley.
The company is driven by a team of more than 100 visionary engineers, holds more than 50 international patents and is backed by leading international equity and corporate investors including 360 Capital Partners, European Investment Bank, iBionext, Inno-Chip, Intel Capital, Renault Group, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Sinovation, Supernova Invest, Xiaomi.
Learn more: www.prophesee.ai
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