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Industrial & consumer CMOS image sensors

Developing vision systems is becoming increasingly challenging as the number of use cases expands, requiring versatile and adaptable solutions. Additionally, the emergence of new vision use cases in battery-powered devices and AI-based systems further complicates the development process, demanding easy integration and efficient use of power and processing resources.

To address these challenges, STMicroelectronics introduces ST BrightSense, a portfolio of advanced CMOS image sensors for industrial and consumer applications. With a complete development ecosystem, smart processing features, and superior performance, ST BrightSense solutions enable developers, whether beginners or experts, to create innovative vision solutions.

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Applications

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Machine vision & logistics

Barcode and character reading, in-line
detection, inspection, pick-and-place,
and measurement of goods

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Security & traffic

Flow counting, license plate reading,
surrounding awareness, vehicle
segmentation, people authentication

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Medical

Vital sign monitoring, skin or dental
checkup, endoscopy, fluorescence, asset
handling, tracking & analysis

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Personal electronics

Face authentication, wake on attention,
eye comfort, enhanced user experience
with gesture recognition & eye tracking

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Entertainment & sports

Video recording, motion analysis,
enhanced XR user experience with eye
& lip tracking or surrounding monitoring

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Robotics & drones

Obstacle avoidance, object segmentation,
navigation assistance, field analysis,
vegetation index monitoring

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Benefits

Bring your product performance to the next level

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Record high-quality images
leveraging sensors with superior
pixel performance.

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Increase system reactivity
and inspection take time with
quicker image capture.

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Develop versatile cameras
with sensors that can
operate in any light condition.

Build smart and power-efficient systems

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Extend battery time with
low operating power and
smart wake up feature.

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Optimize resources and
offload the processing unit
with in-sensor smart features.

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Develop tiny camera systems
to be used as compact and
affordable vision add-ons.

Webinar: Stay ahead of the curve with ST 5MP BrightSense image sensors
Technology insights: a technical deep dive into ST’s new 5MP CMOS image sensors