After covering the 40% market share of image sensor world last year Sony now concentrating on industrial sector. According to latest news surfaced at Bloomberg the company is working with Nissan Motor Co. and also taking help from a Tokyo University professor to make a affordable technology that can process 1,000 images a second.
High-frame rate sensor do exist but the cost is too high and impractical for mass-market uses. The camera with high-frame rate cost start from $1000 to $100,000. But Sony is planning to make a affordable version of a high speed camera and shrink the high speed sensor into a camera module for to fit in a car’s rear-view mirror and wearable devices.
via – bloom.
