Most smartphone pics these days are decent snapshots for spur-of-the-moment events.
But what if quality of these shots was so consistently good that even the most discerning eye wouldn’t be able to tell they were taken by a phone?
That’s what venture-backed startup InVisage Technologies, Inc., said it is doing with QuantumFilm, a new technology that “revolutionizes” the way light is captured by harnessing the power of custom-designed semiconductor materials and image sensors.
QuantumFilm image sensors are commercial quantum dot-based image sensors, thus replacing silicon. InVisage said they deliver four times the performance and two times the dynamic range and professional camera features not yet found in mobile image sensors.
The first QuantumFilm-enabled product, due out later this year, solves the crucial challenge of capturing stunning images using mobile handset cameras.
“It is becoming increasingly difficult and expensive to develop next-generation image sensors using silicon; essentially, silicon has hit a wall,” said Jess Lee, InVisage president and CEO. “The fundamental problem is that silicon cannot capture light efficiently, but until now it has been the only option. The disruptive nature of QuantumFilm builds on silicon’s success in electronics, and elevates its function using new materials that are engineered from the ground up for light capture.” Marisa Torrieri is a TMCnet Web editor, covering IP hardware and mobility, including IP phones, smartphones, fixed-mobile convergence and satellite technology. She also compiles and regularly contributes to TMCnet's gadgets and satellite e-Newsletters. To read more of Marisa's articles, please visit her columnist page.
Edited by Marisa Torrieri
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