IMX500 Intelligent Vision Sensor

IMX500 is Sony Semiconductor Solutions intelligent vision sensor with onboard AI processing. It combines image capture and edge inference in the sensor package, allowing smart cameras and robots to analyze visual data locally with lower latency and reduced bandwidth.

Facts

  • Company: Sony Semiconductor Solutions
  • Type: Vision Sensor
  • Core: On-sensor AI
  • Function: Vision compute
  • Audience: Camera OEMs
  • Status: Commercial
  • Website: https://www.aitrios.sony-semicon.com/edge-ai-devices/imx500

Specifications

  • Effective Pixels: 4056 x 3040, approximately 12.3 megapixels
  • Image Size: Diagonal 7.857 mm (1/2.3 type)
  • Frame Rate: Full pixel 60 fps; full/video plus AI processing 30 fps
  • AI Processing: AI processing function, ISP and HDR shooting on sensor
  • Supported Ml Frameworks: TensorFlow Lite
  • Output: MIPI D-PHY 1.2 (4-lane) / SPI
  • Output Formats: Image (Bayer RAW), ISP output (YUV/RGB), ROI and metadata
  • Unit Cell Size: 1.55 um x 1.55 um

Market context

IMX500 is Sony Semiconductor Solutions' intelligent vision sensor with image sensing and AI processing on the same chip for edge-vision systems.

  • Target environment: Smart cameras, industrial sensors, edge-AI devices, embedded vision nodes, compact robots, and automation systems.
  • Workflow context: On-sensor AI inference, metadata extraction, low-latency vision, bandwidth reduction, camera intelligence, and edge perception.
  • Customer context: Camera makers, embedded-device developers, robotics teams, automation providers, and edge-AI system builders.

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