Sony today announced the commercialization of IMX060PQ, a new type 1/2.5 CMOS image sensor Exmor, for use in camera enabled mobile phones that features an effective resolution of 12.25 megapixel.
IMX060PQ is designed to meet the need for advanced image quality within mobile phone enabled cameras.
Sony also announced the launch of IMX046PQ, a type 1/3.2 CMOS image sensor Exmor with 8.11 effective megapixel resolution, and IMX045PQ, a type 1/4 Exmor CMOS image sensor featuring 5.15 effective megapixel resolution.
Furthermore, Sony will also commercialize IU060F, a type 1/3.2 lens module with 12.25 effective megapixel resolution, and IU046F, a type 1/3.2 lens module with 8.11 effective megapixels. Equipped with lens and auto focus functions, the two modules are the industry's smallest and thinnest in their class.
Camera phones and other small-pixel consumer imaging devices often suffer from poor performance, especially under low light conditions and therefore we really don’t need a smaller, better, larger and more sensitive sensors for cellphones supported with a better optic and that is the only way to get the image quality that can be equal or even surpass what is available from current classic point and shoot cameras!
In a matter of fact there is only one thing that I am impressed with! This Sony's sensor is fast enough to process HD video at 1080p/27 fps and 720p at the 30 frames per second!! Simply amazing and I just hope that phones will be fast enough to process and store video at this resolution and frame rate!
In recent years, the convenience offered by cameras in mobile phones has driven an increase in their use, while demand for higher image quality has also continued to grow. In addition, as mobile phone designs have become more refined, and models become smaller and thinner, the need for further miniaturization in mobile phone camera technology has also increased.
