ASIC vision

Abstract

Advances in VLSI vision sensor design that enable high-quality, analog images to be formed through devices fabricated using standard 5 V CMOS ASIC processes are reported. The potential for integrating mixed sensor-processor systems, using an integrated VLSI camera system as an example, is reported. The feasibility of the techniques is confirmed by results obtained from working prototype CMOS sensor arrays. It is believed that the methods and results demonstrated can form the basis of a first generation of cost-effective ASIC vision products.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>