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Future automobiles will be equipped with hundreds of processors. Some will control vehicle functions (i.e. anti-lock brakes, traction control, and engine management). Others will continuously monitor the vehicle surroundings and extract and Interpret relevant Information to enhance safety. Integrated digital cameras are an important feature for next generations of customer products. From low light sensing pixel technology, to high speed video sensors, to SOCs (System on A Chip) with sophisticated image processing algorithms, OEMs is constantly looking to put the latest advances in imaging into products for our customers. Key specifications of such cameras are resolution, sensitivity, power consumption, manufacturing and packaging costs—as well as the overall size. Drivers are passionate about imaging technology and that passion drives the innovation that makes no limit in imaging driving solutions. The recent improvements of CMOS image sensors would allow a further miniaturization. The main points in image sensor development are how to make their advantages even better and how to reduce their noise and sensitivity disadvantages.
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Tadjine, H.H., Schulze, K. (2011). Automotive Camera Integration: Technologies and Limits. In: Abd Manaf, A., Sahibuddin, S., Ahmad, R., Mohd Daud, S., El-Qawasmeh, E. (eds) Informatics Engineering and Information Science. ICIEIS 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 254. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25483-3_35
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