Live demonstration: Asynchronous time-based image sensor (ATIS) camera with full-custom AE processor

Abstract

This live demonstration shows high DR, high temporal resolution, frame-free image/video acquisition based on asynchronous events. The presented camera features 9-bit gray-level imaging at up to 143dB DR and <;0.25% FPN with hardware-based lossless video compression and time-domain correlated double sampling. The main components of the camera - an asynchronous, time-based image sensor (ATIS) and a general purpose Address-Event processor with 20-Bit 10ns-resolution sensor data interface - have been specifically designed for the application. The presented system optimally combines the advantages of time-based (PWM) imaging, bio-inspired temporal contrast dynamic vision and event-based (AER) information encoding and data communication.