Sony Polarization Image Sensor

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Sonylla on kehitteillä "Polarization Image Sensor"


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May 28 2021


Imaging technology is not all about creating visual images of what we can see, as we might think. At Sony Semiconductor Solutions Group (SSS Group), we pursue a challenge of capturing images of the invisible.
The polarization image sensor detects polarized light, which is the orientation of the light wave invisible to our naked eyes. With this sensor, conventionally difficult tasks, such as shape recognition, reflection removal, and fault detection will be made easy. The development team worked strenuously in this endeavor with a big idea. They delved in this almost uncharted territory of polarization, developed the world’s first*1 polarizer integrated into the semiconductor manufacturing processes, and brought it to mass production. It offers a great potential for progress in manufacturing, the intelligent transport systems (ITS), and further afield, such as medicine and scientific research. The team’s stories about how they developed this sensing technology reveal the future possibilities brought about by polarized light.