SMARTPHONE/TABLET PERIPHERALS:
As smartphones/tablets sport multiple and ever-higher resolution cameras, manufacturers need to keep both the optics and the image sensors physically small, low in cost and low in power, while ensuring good image quality. GEO believes that hundreds of smartphone peripherals will emerge – some attached to the smartphones, and some accessed remotely by the smartphone. GEO’s next generation low cost eWarp processors can simultaneously correct all optical issues while enabling multiple new applications. Read more…

AUTOMOTIVE CAMERA MARKETS:
The use of cameras in automotive markets is not new. Most police cars are equipped with video cameras. Many heavy vehicles use rear cameras to supplement the side mirrors. Since the advent of the use of rear cameras in automobiles, their benefits are becoming self-evident. However, as the below figure illustrates, cars will quickly adopt increasing numbers of cameras. From improved rear cameras with no blind spots and surround views including the rear wheels, to blind-spot sensors, to front cameras to resolve any liability issues in case of accidents, to internal and 360 cameras for safety and security, future cars will likely incorporate a large number of video cameras. GEO’s eWarp technology will reduce the number of cameras needed, will provide much improved blind-area coverage, will allow the use of complex low-cost plastic lenses that will make much better use of the available sensor pixels, and, when combined with GEO’s Realta technology, will also handle sophisticated analytics! Finally, eWarp will enable digital calibration of camera systems significantly reducing manufacturing costs. Read more…

NEXT GEN SURVEILLANCE APPLICATIONS – CONTINUOUS FISHEYE and 360 VIDEO STREAMS:
There is a rapidly growing desirability to see everything with low cost cameras. Fisheye or 360 degree views enable digital pan/tilt/zoom, or ePTZ. In addition, eWarp technology enables continuous multiple views, thereby actually replacing multiple expensive mechanical pan/tilt/zoom cameras with all digital low-cost solutions. The increasing resolution of image sensors will enable the vast majority of wide view cameras to be all digital, with no moving parts. In addition, perspective correction can greatly enhance analytics. Read more…