Prophesee

PROPHESEE is a fabless developer of sensors and software for event-based (neuromorphic) vision systems, which mimic how the human eye perceives light. Primarily used in machine vision systems, PROPHESEE has now released multiple generations of sensor.

Prophesee, developers of event-based vision systems and associated software, have recently launched a cheaper, more compact 4th generation of its sensors via a collaboration with strategic partner Sony. IDTechEx caught up with CEO Luca Verre to find out more.

Prophesee has developed hardware and associated software for event-based vision sensors that is based on how the human eye records and interprets visual inputs. The sensors facilitate machine vision by recording changes in the scene rather than recording the entire scene at regular intervals. Advantages include better low light response (<1 lux) and dynamic range (>143dB), reduced data generation (10-1000x less than conventional approaches) leading to lower transfer/processing requirements, and higher temporal resolution (microsecond time resolution, i.e. >10k images per second time resolution equivalent)