Qualcomm's New Spectra ISP and Camera Modules Enable Nextgen AR

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Jan. 03, 2018, Jan. 03, 2018 – The mobile VR and AR space has been evolving rapidly, with many different players innovating in recent months. Companies like Apple and Google have been innovating on the software and hardware front, but others have been working diligently to support some of these efforts as well. One of those companies is Qualcomm with their support of technologies like Google's Tango platform. However, Tango has had some challenges in taking off with the complexity of the hardware requirements proving to be a challenge for OEMs to ship in volumes.

In the past, Qualcomm had a camera module program co-branded with their ISP (image signal processor) which processes the image data from the cameras. This program was designed to make it easier for Qualcomm's customers, the smartphone OEMs to quickly and reliably implement dual camera setups with a wide angle and telescopic zoom camera. That was what the market needed in the past, but now the market needs new capabilities which Qualcomm's new Spectra Module Program and ISP will support.

The new Spectra Camera modules include an Iris Authentication Module that has latency as low as 40ms and features an Omnivision 1080P IR sensor for high resolution iris image capture. The real focus with these new camera modules, however, comes from the computer vision capabilities which include both passive and active depth sensing capabilities. The entry-level solution for value-tier devices will feature two cameras and passively calculate depth, allowing for more coarse measuring and lower cost. The high-end active depth sensing camera solution will feature three cameras including an IR emitter and IR camera for high resolution depth sensing at distances up to 4 meters and 0.1 mm accuracy.

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