Qualcomm announced an expansion of its Spectra Module Program to bring new computer vision, authentication and photo imaging techniques to smartphones and VR headsets.
The next-generation embedded image signal processors feature a new camera architecture designed for advancements in computer vision, image quality and power efficiency for the next Snapdragon Mobile and VR platforms. Also new is a trio of camera modules, including an iris authentication module, a passive depth sensing module and an active depth sensing module.
The Spectra program was launched last year to help support the growing use of dual cameras in smartphones for enhanced imaging. Qualcom is now targeting additional applications, such as camera modules with active sensing for biometric authentication and structured light for computer vision applications that require real-time, dense depth map generation and segmentation.
The new ISPs feature multi-frame noise reduction for superior photographic quality, along with hardware-accelerated motion compensated temporal filtering (MCTF), and inline electronic image stabilization (EIS) for camcorder-like video quality. The low-power, high-performance motion tracking capabilities of the Qualcomm Spectra ISP, in addition to optimized simultaneous localization and mapping algorithms (SLAM), are designed to support new extended reality use cases for virtual and augmented reality applications that require SLAM.
The new products will be incorporated in Qualcomm's next flagship Snapdragon platform.
