Description: OmniVision is a company that designs, manufactures, and markets the high-performance semiconductor image sensors. It was founded in 1995 and among the co-founders of the company are Shaw Hong who is also the current CEO and President. Lead by Mr. Shaw Hong, the company has grown to become a worldwide leader in Camera-Chip technology with annual revenues of over $ 500 million since its inception.
It was in 2005 that OmniVision purchased CDM Optics for the purpose of increasing the company’s stronghold in the image industry. The exclusive license for the Wave Front Coding or WFC, which is presently held by OmniVision CDM Optics, also became available to Omnivision. With this patented technology, they were able to employ innovative algorithms and novel optics for the transformation of essential tasks involved in focusing the lens from the opto-mechanical process to signal processing and optical encoding. The acquisition paved the way to the invention of the next generation hybrid optical or digital methods for high performance digital imaging. WaveFront Coding solutions provides its customers with competitive advantage in the present day’s market place of digital imaging.
The merge of digital signal processing and optics design also allowed WaveFront Coding to make significant expansions on the depth of an image field. This resulted in an image that is in focus even with wide distances, unlike the capabilities of conventional focusing systems. This technology is capable of significantly reducing the complexity and the size of the camera module’s auto-focus function. This is accomplished through the elimination of actuators and motors. The patented technology WaveFront Coding allows for cost-efficient optical designs and permits plastic elements instead of glass.
Some of OmniVision’s highly integrated products like CameraChip and OmniPixel are made of single-chip CMOS image sensors manufactured specifically for the mass market.
Its commercial applications on the other hand, include digital still cameras, mobile phones, security and surveillance systems, PCs, automotive imaging systems, and interactive video games.
The products of OmniVision are presently serving a wide and diverse market and applications that have different requirements. The company’s product line of digital and analog image sensors when complemented with image signal processors is capable of providing solutions to virtually all imaging applications.
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