Daily Archives: October 5, 2011

Can small pixel CMOS image sensors be useful in Machine Vision?

Why is it that cameras for consumer electronic products, e.g. smart phones have more than 5 megapixel tiny cameras that cost next to nothing, are not used for machine vision? The larger pixel image sensors (greater than 5.5 um) can allow for the best accuracy (i.e. Full Well and Read Noise), but they also result in the…