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December 9, 2019 - Howe technology, the world's leading digital imaging solution provider, officially released two new vehicle specification level image sensor platform new products today - 8 million pixel forward facing cameras ox08a and ox08b. The OX08A HD camera provides excellent high dynamic range (HDR) in the industry; while the HALE (HDR and LFM engine) synthesis algorithm integrated in the chip, the pin compatible OX08B sets a new benchmark for the performance of LED flicker suppression (LFM). Excellent clarity and dynamic range, as well as integrated asil-c function safety, are key to the forward-looking vehicle applications such as advanced driving assistance system (ADAS) and level 3 +, because whether the remote human body and objects can be accurately detected under various light conditions, directly related to driving safety. One of the reasons Howell technology developed these two high-end HDR sensors is to meet the application requirements in extremely dark or bright environment, such as driving out of the tunnel at sunset. In addition, with the increasing popularity of LED in road traffic, such as lights, traffic indicators, road signs and bus stop lights, sensors equipped with LFM solutions have become an indispensable tool for automotive applications to collect front information. Pierre cambou, chief analyst of yole, said: "yole D é velopment's recent technology and market research," imaging for automotive 2019 ", confirmed the accelerated growth of the market for human vision and ADAS applications, with a compound annual growth rate of 13.7% between 2018 and 2024. "Howell's new automotive CIS platform includes key functions such as HDR and LFM, and is realized by stacking semiconductors. The introduction of this exciting technology into the automotive product line enables on-chip integration, which reduces BOM costs, while providing a high level of performance and functionality in a very compact package, which does keep pace with current market expectations. "These two brand-new image sensors adopt the unique DCG technology of Howell technology. The dynamic range of the first exposure can reach 82db, while the competitive products generally do not exceed 60dB. The difference with DCG is that the interleaved HDR scheme adopted by competitors relies on additional channels, which will produce motion artifacts and narrow the dynamic range, especially in low light environment. "In addition, howay's 3D stack technology enables us to integrate the unique Hale algorithm into ox08b, realizing the industry-leading 140dB HDR, unique LFM performance and resolution of up to 8 million pixels at one stroke, ensuring excellent front-view image acquisition quality under any external lighting conditions," said Celine Baron, automotive product marketing manager of howay technology With the advanced four in one technology, Howell technology can provide the industry's excellent LFM and better low light performance with a 1 / 1.8 "optical specification and 2.1 micron pixel sensor. In addition, the purecel ® plus-s stack architecture of Howell technology ensures the better performance of each pixel by improving the maximum well capacity, and makes HDR perform better. Ox08a4y ox08b4c the platform also provides sensor fusion function, so that the signal of the same camera can be used for ADAS and automatic driving machine vision functions, and also for the front recording and display system of the dash cam. In addition, the ROI function also improves the image clarity of moving objects in a fixed area of the camera's field of view. In order to ensure the security of images used in machine vision applications, Howell technology integrates ultra-low power network security functions with industry standard encryption technology, and its power consumption is less than 10% of the overall power consumption of the sensor. Both sensors of the platform will provide 4 times of HDR, 3840 x 2160 resolution, 36fps, 16:9 scale images. At the same time, we provide a variety of CFA arrangements to meet the needs of the industry's advanced machine vision applications, such as providing RCCB filters to improve the light intake, so as to further enhance the performance in the dark environment.