Single-Chip Color Camera offers 720p HD video at 30 fps.
Press Release Summary:
Providing clear YUV color HDR video output, Model OV10630 SoC sensor delivers 110 dB dynamic range in b&w and 100 dB or more in color. Unit is based on 4.2 micron OmniPixel3-HS(TM) pixel, enabling 720p HD at low-light sensitivity, as well as active array of 1,280 x 800 pixels. Automatic image control functions include exposure control, white balance, black level calibration, and defective pixel, gamma, and lens shading correction, programmable via serial camera control bus interface.
Original Press Release:
OmniVision Raises the Bar in Security Imaging with Single-Chip Color High Dynamic Range 720p HD Camera
OV10630 Brings High-End Imaging Solution To Mainstream Surveillance Markets
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:OVTI), a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today announced a new flagship image sensor for its security products portfolio - the OV10630. The new system-on-a-chip (SOC) sensor combines 720p high-definition (HD) video with unparalleled low-light sensitivity and color high dynamic range (HDR) in a 1/2.7 inch optical format. Using OmniVision's proprietary new HDR processing technology, the new security sensor delivers 110dB dynamic range in black-and-white and 100dB + in color, providing clear, fully-processed YUV color HDR video output. By integrating a full image processing pipeline, the OV10630 accelerates time-to-market and reduces the system bill-of-materials.
The OV10630 design is based on a 4.2-micron OmniPixel3-HS(TM) pixel, enabling 720p HD at unparalleled low-light sensitivity. It captures detail-rich, HD-quality color video in any environment, including low-light scenes or high-contrast lighting conditions. Providing cost-effective, quality color imaging with greater detail is absolutely critical in today's security-centric world, making the OV10630 a very attractive solution for mainstream IP cameras and HD closed circuit television (HDcctv) systems.
"OmniVision's OV10630 brings a higher standard of quality to security imaging. It combines advanced pixel technology with proprietary new HDR image processing algorithms to enable a complete professional quality surveillance camera on a single chip," said Roy Karunakaran, senior product marketing manager for security products at OmniVision. "Not many sensors on the market today can deliver color HDR images in HD format at the quality and cost of the OV10630. It provides a unique opportunity for our customers to develop high-end camera solutions for the commercial and consumer IP and HDcctv camera markets."
The OV10630 has an active array of 1280 x 800 pixels, providing 720p HD video at 30 frames per second. It supports a digital video parallel port, and provides full-framed or windowed 10-bit or 8-bit YUV and 18-bit RAW RGB output format with complete user control over formatting and output data transfer. It also offers all required automatic image control functions, including automatic exposure control, automatic white balance, automatic black level calibration, as well as defective pixel correction, gamma correction and lens shading correction. Camera functions are programmable through the serial camera control bus interface.
The OV10630 is now sampling, and is scheduled to enter mass production by the fourth quarter of 2010.
About OmniVision
OmniVision Technologies (NASDAQ:OVTI) is a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions. Its award-winning CMOS imaging technology enables superior image quality in many of today's consumer and commercial applications, including mobile phones, notebooks, netbooks and webcams, digital still and video cameras, security and surveillance, entertainment devices, automotive and medical imaging systems. Find out more at http://www.ovt.com/.
OmniVision® is a registered trademark of OmniVision Technologies, Inc. The OmniVision logo and OmniPixel3-HS are trademarks of OmniVision Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Source: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
CONTACT: Scott Foster of OmniVision Technologies, +1-408-567-3077, sfoster@ovt.com
Web Site: http://www.ovt.com/
