SmartSens Unveils Its New Sub-Brand Flyingchip with M1 Series Vision Processing Chips for Automotive Cameras

Shanghai, China, August 8, 2024 SmartSens Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (SSE STAR MARKET: 688213), a technologically-advanced CMOS image sensor supplier, recently announced its new sub-brand, Flyingchip, and Flyingchip M1 Series vision processing chips for automotive cameras. M1 Camera ISP, M1Pro Camera SoC, and M1Max Camera SoC of the Flyingchip M1 Series family deliver excellent performance in image processing, low power consumption, ultra-small package size, functional safety, information security, etc., enabling enhanced vision pre-processing and imaging performance for automotive cameras, thus making them ideal for developing high-precision, low-latency automotive imaging solutions.

M1 Camera ISP

As Flyingchip’s first automotive camera Image Signal Processor (ISP), M1 has the following advantages in image processing:

· Noise reduction and image enhancement algorithms for low light imaging. This high-performance function helps improve the clarity of real-time images, which further results in an increased accuracy of vision recognition for intelligent driving systems.

· High-resolution RGB-IR image processing. Featuring RGB-IR processing, the M1 camera ISP can be used with an RGB-IR image sensor, which becomes an ideal solution for automotive cameras used on Occupant Monitoring Systems (OMS).

· At most 4-exposure HDR with a dynamic range of up to 144dB. High dynamic range maintains image highlight and shadow details, thereby ensuring the accuracy of the image capture under complex lighting conditions during the drive.

· LED Flicker Suppression (LFS). The LFS technology resolves the image flickering caused by LED light sources such as digital traffic signs/signals, providing accurate, real-time image data for ADAS applications.

· Dual 3MP@30fps HDR image processing. This dual image processing pipeline is ideal for automotive multi-cam applications such as in-cabin stereo cams and front-view stereo cams.

In addition, M1 comes in two package size options, including 9mm*9mm (QFN) and 7mm*7mm (BGA), which enables size-shrinking automotive camera solutions.

M1Pro Camera SoC

The M1Pro integrates an advanced ISP, proprietary Neural Processing Unit (NPU), and embedded Arm^® Cortex^®-A7 Central Processing Unit (CPU), with 1Gb DDR3L memory. Flyingchip’s proprietary Neural Processing Unit (NPU) used on M1Pro incorporates upgraded Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), delivering a dedicated processing performance of up to 0.8TOPS at INT8 precision for improved accuracy and speed of image data processing. Take M1Pro’s automotive imaging solutions for Driver Monitoring Systems (DMS) cameras as an example. Thanks to the M1Pro’s built-in ISP and the high-performance image sensor, the M1Pro camera SoC can be used with SmartSens’ 2MP global shutter image sensor SC232AT, achieving an increased dynamic range for better image quality under the global shutter mode. Meanwhile, M1Pro supports on-device execution and output of DMS recognition algorithms, which effectively improves the efficiency of DMS for ensuring driving safety.

M1Max Camera SoC

Compared with the M1Pro of the Flyingchip M1 Series family, the M1Max Camera SoC incorporates the following upgraded functions, including Flyingchip’s proprietary 1.5TOPS@INT8 NPU, Arm^® Cortex^®-A7 ×2 CPU with 2Gb DDR3L memory, delivering advanced performance in image data processing, thereby meeting the needs of on-device vision processing for intelligent driving systems.

In addition, Flyingchip M1 Series products are all AEC-Q100 Grade 2 and ISO26262 ASIL-B compliant, which can further ensure the stable operation of automotive vision processing and computation.

“With the rapid penetration of L2 and L2+ assisted driving functions, automotive vision systems are evolving towards higher resolution and dynamic range while automotive multi-cam systems require more advanced algorithms and computational power for synchronized image processing from multiple camera inputs,” said Mr. Kevin Shao, Vice President of SmartSens Technology and Chief Executive Officer of Flyingchip Technology. “Flyingchip M1 Series chips deliver excellent performance in image processing, low power consumption, ultra-small package size, functional safety, information security, etc., which can be used with multiple SmartSens’ automotive image sensors, providing a variety of high-performance, cost-effective automotive vision solutions for automotive manufacturers, thus accelerating the development of vision systems for intelligent automobiles.”

Flyingchip M1 Series products, including M1 Camera ISP, M1Pro Camera SoC, and M1Max Camera SoC, are now available for sampling. For more information or to request a sample, please contact info@flyingchipmicro.com

About SmartSens Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

SmartSens Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (SSE STAR MARKET: 688213) is a high-performance CMOS image sensor (CIS) chip design company. It is headquartered in Shanghai and has research centers in many cities around the world. SmartSens has been dedicated to pushing forward the frontier of imaging technology and growing in popularity among customers since it was established. SmartSens’ CMOS image sensors provide advanced imaging solutions for a broad range of areas such as surveillance, machine vision, automotive and cellphone cameras. SmartSens is committed to continuous innovation of products and fueling growth in numerous industries by delivering a more comprehensive portfolio of image sensors. Learn more at SmartSensTech.com.