Living definition
What is OMNIVISION OG05D global-shutter HDR sensor?
Sensors, IoT & Embedded SystemsFrontier Hardware & Quantum
- Kind
- Hardware device
- Released
- 2026-10-22
- Cohort
- hardware_device-001
Description
What it is and what it is for
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Machine vision is how factory lines, robots and scanners see: cameras that do inspection, guidance, identification, barcode scanning and measurement. A hard part is motion: many camera sensors capture a scene by scanning across it, so not every part of the image is recorded at the same instant and fast-moving objects look distorted; a global shutter instead captures the entire frame at the same instant. The OG05D is a 5-megapixel global-shutter image sensor from OMNIVISION with 2.2 micron pixels (each pixel is about 2.2 millionths of a metre wide). The maker lists Nyxel near-infrared technology, HDR (high dynamic range, for scenes with both bright highlights and dark shadows) and low power consumption among its features, and describes it as built for industrial machine vision such as barcode scanners, factory automation, compact AI cameras and robotics. OMNIVISION announced it on October 5, 2026.
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Primary sources
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- OMNIVISION home page (product listing)
- OMNIVISION Launches Industry’s First 2.2‑micron Global Shutter HDR Sensor
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