Asynchronous photon-driven camera

The NovoViz Asynchronous photon-driven camera was developed for applications requiring high sensitivity and/or frame rate but with reduced output bandwidth. The camera combines the benefits of a single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) camera, namely the single-photon resolution and fast operating speeds, with the benefits of an event camera – low output data rates. Our innovative sensor architecture streams photon events with nanosecond timestamp resolution and latency over a conventional, low cost USB interface. The camera is well suited for high dynamic range imaging, low light imaging, depth sensing, obstacle detection and visual odometry, among others. Our solution thus combines multiple sensors into one, has lower power consumption and brings all the benefits of the emerging SPAD camera technology with minor costs for the rest of the system.