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Advanced Microsystems for Automotive Applications 98 pp 123–138Cite as

The Smart Image Sensor Toolbox for Automotive Vision Applications

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Advances in semiconductor fabrication technology have made it possible to co-integrate analog and digital circuitry in each “smart” pixel of an image sensor. As a consequence, a wide range of functionality modules can be realized. Their collection represents the smart image sensor toolbox, with which custom image sensors can be tailored to an application. Many types of automotive imaging and vision problems can be solved successfully with the smart image sensor toolbox, among them high-dynamic-range imaging, low-cost color imaging, range or 3D imaging, high-speed imaging, as well as low-cost single-chip vision systems.

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Seitz, P. (1998). The Smart Image Sensor Toolbox for Automotive Vision Applications. In: Ricken, D.E., Gessner, W. (eds) Advanced Microsystems for Automotive Applications 98. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-39696-4_12

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