Usage of machine vision and embedded vision systems is expanding as sensor performance increases and camera costs decrease. Today’s visible and NIR vision systems (up to about 1000nm) are more powerful than ever and incorporate advanced image processing and algorithms that enhance speed, accuracy, and capabilities.

SWIR imaging, in the 1000nm to 1600nm wavelength range, is becoming increasingly important to provide additional capabilities and improve advanced AI systems. SWIR imaging is also critical to the success of emerging outdoor applications where changing environments and lighting have a significant impact on system performance and efficiency.

Traditionally, SWIR imaging and sensing has been limited to high performance, complex systems due to the high costs, limited manufacturing capabilities, and limited sensor resolution of exotic materials. Advanced, cost-effective CMOS-based SWIR image sensors provide a combination of performance, cost and scale that are expanding existing machine vision applications and enabling new ones.

These new SWIR sensors provide reliable vision in all lighting and environmental conditions which provide clean, structured data that simplifies perception models and reduces AI edge cases. This is driving the deployment of SWIR in robotics systems, factory automation, smart farming and agriculture solutions, and a variety of new indoor and outdoor applications. This presentation will discuss the technology of advanced CMOS-based SWIR image sensors, present a compact, eye-safe system designed for integration into modern robotics platforms, and detail recent advances that continue to fuel the growth of SWIR imaging and sensing and the new and expanded applications.

Speaker

Uriel Levy CTO TriEye LTD (Isreal)

Prof. Uriel Levy is the CTO and Co-Founder of TriEye and serves as Director of the Nanocenter at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research focuses on chip-scale optoelectronic devices using technologies such as silicon photonics and plasmonics, with applications in imaging, sensing, and communications. He previously conducted postdoctoral research at the University of California, San Diego. Prof. Levy has published over 200 scientific papers, holds dozens of patents, and is credited with inventing the CMOS-compatible short-wave infrared imaging technique licensed to TriEye. He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and a recipient of several awards, including the Kaye Innovation Award and an ERC Consolidator Grant. He holds a BSc from the Technion and a PhD from Tel Aviv University.

 

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Event Details

FORMAT: Oral presentation followed by audience Q&A.
MENU: Coffee, decaf, tea and water will be available nearby.
SETUP: Theater seating.