Smart CMOS Image Sensors and Related Applications
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensing and Imaging".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2022) | Viewed by 8757
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The field of CMOS image sensors is continuously growing, and so is the need for processing the data they generate. Making image sensors smart can be a must in many applications, and it is often a desired quality. This can be done in many ways, from the pixel to the periphery of the sensor. At the pixel level, event-driven pixels can be designed or in-/intra-pixel intelligence can be added, for example with a neuronal network. Data compression can also help, and in this case, low-energy solutions will be preferred. With the emergence of different types of sensors capable of providing in-depth information, 3D imaging becomes possible and the need for processing this type of data appears as well. Sensors where artificial intelligence is integrated as close as possible at the sensing place, and included in the pixel itself, are also demanded. Around this growing set of activities to develop smart sensors, there is also an overarching need for keeping power low, so that mobile applications can be addressed. Towards this goal, energy-harvesting sensors capable of generating at least part of their power needs are also demanded.
Contributions to these varied and ever expending research fields are invited for this Special Issue of the Sensors journal.
Dr. Renato Turchetta
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- CMOS image sensors
- Stacked sensors
- Artificial Intelligence
- Event-driven image sensors
- Compressed sensing
- On-chip processing
- 3D and 2D imaging
- Neuron networks
- Low power
- Energy-harvesting
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