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The "Effio-E" System includes OSD (on-screen display) functions that allow camera settings to be made using the display. This function provides preset menus in eight languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Russian, and Japanese) and allows camera settings to be made easily without using an external microcontroller.
The newly-developed ICX672A K A /ICX673AKA 960H CCD image sensors are "EXview HAD CCD II" devices. The "EXview HAD CCD II" technology is a further evolved version of the "EXview HAD CCD" in which "Super HAD CCD II" 1 technology has been incorporated.
Compared to the current ICX638BKA/ICX639BKA, these new devices increase the number of horizontal pixels and achieve a high saturation signal level and high sensitivity that extends into the near infrared. (See figure 2, table 2, and table 3.)
* 1 See the Featuring section in CX-News Vol. 52.
are features of the "Effio" Series, that is, high sensitivity, high resolution, and excellent color reproduction. The "Effio-E" System has a simple, 2-chip structure consisting of an analog IC (AFE: CXD4816GG) and a signal-processing IC (DSP: CXD4127GG) and supports a wide range of CCD image sensors, including 510H, 760H, and 960H CCD image sensors. (See figure 1.) These devices are provided in compact LFBGA packages and, due to the adoption of a new process technology generation, achieve a power consumption of 1/2 that of current systems. Thus the "Effio-E" System can contribute to miniaturization and reduced power consumption in camera products.
Even though the "Effio-E" System is an entry-level model camera system, it includes not only a noise reduction function, but it also provides an ATR (adaptive tone reproduction) function (photograph 1) that improves contrast in bright/dark areas and a HLC (highlight compensation) function that suppresses strong headlights at night and improves visibility to provide clear images with superb picture quality.
In addition to the existing static method for white pixel detection and compensation, it also includes for the first time a dynamic method that can handle secondary white pixels. Furthermore, when combined with the ICX672AKA/ICX673AKA 960H CCD image sensors, it can provide the high horizontal resolution of 650 TV lines or higher. (See table 1.)
High-Sensitivity, High-Resolution Camera Systems for Security Cameras Based on Diagonal 6.0 mm (Type 1/3) 480K/570K-Effective Pixel Color CCD Image Sensors
In June 2009, Sony released the "Effio" System (CXD4112GG + CXD4813GG), which achieves the high sensitivity and high resolution considered critical in security cameras market.
This article introduces the "Effio-E" System (CXD4127GG + CXD4816GG), which is an entry-level model of the "Effio" Series.By combining this system with the ICX672AKA/ICX673AKA newly-developed CCD image sensors, users can take the lead in the security camera market, which now requires high sensitivity and high resolution.
CXD4127GG,CXD4816GG ICX672AKA/ICX673AKA
Under the name Create 960H World with "Effio" System, Sony now provides the new standard solution for the security camera market with the combination of a 960H CCD image sensor (960 pixels in the horizontal direction) and the "Effio" family devices. I strongly recommend that you look into this new world of security cameras.
The "Effio-E" System is an entry-level model camera system that is designed for easy introduction into end products from design through mass production and that inherits the basic picture quality characteristics that "Effio-E" System
CXD4127GG, CXD4816GG
"EXview HAD CCD II "ICX672AKA/ICX673AKA
Built-in OSD Functions
"Effio-E" System
CXD4127GG, CXD4816GG
■ Extensive functionality and high picture quality
■ Built-in OSD functions
"EXview HAD CCD II "ICX672AKA/ICX673AKA
■ Horizontal (effective) resolution: 960 pixels (960H CCD image sensor)■ High sensitivity and high saturation signal
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"EXview HAD CCD II " is a trademark of Sony Corporation. "EXview HAD CCD II " is a CCD image sensor that realizes sensitivity (typical) of 1000 mV or more per 1 μm 2 (Color: F5.6/BW: F8 in 1 s accumulation equivalent) and improves light efficiency by including near infrared light region as a basic structure of Sony's "EXview HAD CCD".
: "Effio" is a trademark of Sony Corporation. The
"Effio " is a signal processor chip from Sony employing processing modes that deliver high resolution, high S/N ratio and excellent color reproduction.
*: "ARM" is a trademark of ARM Limited.
Extensive Functionality and High Picture Quality
"Effio-E" System Configuration Figure 1
ICX672AKA/ICX673AKA Device Structure
Table 2
Spectral Sensitivity Characteristics Comparison
Figure 2
ICX672AKA/ICX673AKA Image Sensor Characteristics
Table 3
ATR Function Sample Images
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